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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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Young, Carl E.

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Carl Edward Young

Preferred Name: Carl
Nickname/Call Sign: Stub
Date of Birth: April 19, 1935
Highest Military Grade: Select
Headed West Date: January 20, 2008
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Carl E. Young was an F-100 pilot during the Vietnam War.

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Carl E. Young, USAF Pilot, “Headed West” on January 20, 2008.

Carl E. Young, 72, of Las Vegas, died Jan. 20, 2008. Owned and operated Carl’s Place, Porsche repair shop and served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War. He is survived by his wife, Ellen; sons, Pat and Mike; stepson, Doug; and stepdaughter, Marielle. Visitation 11 a.m.-noon Saturday, Jan. 26, service to follow, at Palm Mortuary, 6701 N. Jones Blvd. Donations to Nathan Adelson Hospice.

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