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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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Kulczyk, Wallace A., Jr.

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Wallace A. Kulczyk, Jr.

Preferred Name: Mike
Date of Birth: March 26, 1931
Highest Military Grade: 0-5 – Lieutenant Colonel
Hometown: Worcester, MA
Headed West Date: June 27, 2014
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From his youngest memory he loved airplanes and made it his life’s mission to fly. A dream he achieved by applying for and being accepted for pilot training with the United States Air Force.

Mike married his high school sweetheart, Nancy L. Hartigan, in March of 1953 and they enjoyed a wide variety of duty assignments across both oceans before she preceded him in death in June 2012.

Mike lived, breathed and loved everything about airplanes and flying. He was also a model airplane builder and one of the early pioneers of the ducted fan technology in model airplanes. His other loves besides his family and flying were gathering the gang together at Lynnies, ice cold beer, Mexican food and soup of all kinds.

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  • 506th Tactical Fighter Wing, Tinker AFB, OK (F-100)

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Wallace “Mike” Kulczyk, LtCol USAF, Ret., “Headed West” on June 27, 2014.

At 40 minutes past midnight June 27, 2014, Wallace Anthony “Mike” Kulczyk Jr. (Retired Lt. Col. USAF) slipped peacefully from this world and onto his last duty assignment. The only child of Wallace A and Eleanor Kulczyk was born in Worcester, MA on March 26, 1931.

Left to mourn his passing are his four children and spouses; Mark Kulczyk and wife Sheila, Lyn Pool and husband Bob, Chris Kulczyk and wife Laurie and Chickie Shields and husband Mike; and four grandchildren, Christine and Hannah Shields, Sean Kulczyk and Stephanie Del Rio. He also leaves behind many cherished friends from all over the world.

In lieu of flowers or plants please make a donation to “The Wounded Warrior Project” at www.woundedwarriorproject.org

Wallace “Mike” Kulczyk was interred with military honors at Cook-Walden Capital Parks Cemetery in Pflugerville, TX.
(source: Published in Austin American-Statesman from July 2 to July 4, 2014)

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