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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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Spicer, Richard L.

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Richard L. Spicer

Preferred Name: Larry
Date of Birth: December 17, 1932
Highest Military Grade: Select
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Larry Spicer became “an engineer in land development before settling in Indian Wells, California, where he served on the city council for seven years and had a term as mayor.”(1)

Source: (1) https://static.gostanford.com/custompages/feature/voicesfromthepast/index.html

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  • 492nd Tactical Fighter Squadron/48th Tactical Fighter Wing (F-100)

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F-100

Military & Civilian Education

Civilian Education:

  • CalTech (Freshmand year)
  • 1954 Stanford

Spcer, Richard Running Race
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