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
“Flew T-37,T-33, KC-135,EC-135, F-100C, F-100F, F-105D, F-105F, C-130A, C-130H Flew Both USAF Active Duty & USAF Air National Guard ( KANG)-Kansas Nat’l Guard McConnell AFB Wichita KS & (MoANG) Rosecrans, AFB, St. Joseph, MO. TWA Airline (32 & 3/4 Years) Flew B-707, B-727, L-1011, B-747, B-757, B-767 Instructed on all of them, flew Both Domestic & International, Atlantic & Pacific
** Also flew for (2) other Airlines (B-707 & B727) Domestic & International- Africa, South America, MiddleEast, Far East during Furloughs from TWA– while maintaining Flying status in Air Nat’l Guard Units!”
