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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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Schmidt, John R.

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John R. Schmidt

Preferred Name: John
Nickname/Call Sign: Dice
Date of Birth: September 6, 1944
Highest Military Grade: 0-6 – Colonel
Biography
Pilot Information

John Schmidt flew the F-100 from 1969-1970 with the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron/3rd Tactical Fighter Wing. Since then he has been a professional commercial pilot and flight instructor.

Units Assigned

  • 1969-1970 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron/3rd Tactical Fighter Wing (F-100)

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Flight Info

F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Military Education:

  • 1967 BS/Electronical and Electronics Engineering, USAF Academy

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