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This Day in History – June 10, 1969 – The X-15 gets a place in history

10 June 1969: The U.S. Air Force donated the first North American Aviation X-15, serial number 56-6670, to the Smithsonian Institution for display at the National Air and Space Museum. The first of three X-15A hypersonic research rocketplanes built by North American for the Air Force and the National Advisory Committee (NACA, the predecessor of NASA), 56-6670 made the first glide flight and

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Kosak, Gary F.

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Gary F. Kosak

Preferred Name: Gary
Date of Birth: November 26, 1941
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Manchester, NH
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“Captain Gary Kosak, a professional pilot for more than 38 years, has spent more than twenty thousand hours flying supersonic fighters, business jets, and airliners including the jumbo Boeing 747. He has visited some sixty countries of the world.

Capt Kosak was a flight instructor and examiner with Airbus Americas, teaching airline pilots from all over the world utilizing state-of-the-art flight simulators. He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the the University of Connecticut and has been awarded a master’s degree in biblical studies from the Jacksonville Theological Seminary.

Captain Kosak became a born-again Christian in 1978. He is a member of the Advisory Board for the Fellowship of Christian Airline Personnel, has been a community representative with the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, and has invested much of his time in becoming intimately acquainted with Israel, its biblical history, and the Jewish people. He is also a licensed minister with the International Ministerial Fellowship, headquartered in Minnesota.

In addition, he is a dinner and conference speaker. He and his wife, Hellen, live in Florida.”

(source: https://www.amazon.com/Gary-Kosak/e/B00DZENDXY/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0)

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  • 1962 AFROTC
  • 1965-1968 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England (F-100)

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Military Education:

  • AFROTC

Civilian Education:

  • BS/Psychology, University of Connecticut
  • MS/Biblical Studies, Jacksonville Theological Seminary

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