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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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Pelletier, Gerald Jr., MD

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Dr. Gerald Pelletier, Jr.

Preferred Name: Jerry
Date of Birth: May 4, 1941
Highest Military Grade: Select
Hometown: Stella, NC
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Dr. Gerald Pelletier Jr, MD is an orthopedic surgery specialist in New Bern, NC and has over 56 years of experience in the medical field. He graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1967.

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  • 1969-1970 Flight Test, Hill AFB, UT (F-100)

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Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

    • 1959 Jones Central High School
    • 1963 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    • 1967 University Of North Carolina School Of Medicine

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