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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Echenberg, Dean F.

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Dean F. Echenberg   Preferred Name: Dean Nickname/Call Sign: Doc Date of Birth: October 10, 1941 Highest Military Grade Held: Captain, 0-3 Hometown: San Francisco, CA [ult_tab_element tab_style="Style_6" tab_title_color="#ffffff" tab_background_color="#1a1c43" tab_hover_title_color="#ffffff" tab_hover_background_color="#6b0202" acttab_title="#ffffff" acttab_background="#6b0202" tabs_border_radius="5" shadow_color="#000000" enable_bg_color="rgba(40,40,40,0.04)"][single_tab title="Biography" tab_id="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd881e0-a580"] Biography Dean Echenberg traveled the world for a few years after Vietnam before coming home and setting up a Medical Practice [...]

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Eastburn, Loren D.

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Loren D. Eastburn Preferred Name: Loren Nickname/Call Sign: Date Of Birth: 10-25-1937 Highest Military Grade Held: Colonel Hometown: Chanute, KS [ult_tab_element tab_style="Style_6" tab_title_color="#ffffff" tab_background_color="#1a1c43" tab_hover_title_color="#ffffff" tab_hover_background_color="#6b0202" acttab_title="#ffffff" acttab_background="#6b0202" tabs_border_radius="5" shadow_color="#000000" enable_bg_color="rgba(40,40,40,0.04)"][single_tab title="Biography" tab_id="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd8adf0-0a93"] Biography Entered the civilian business world……1984 [/single_tab][single_tab title="Units - Education - Awards - Flight Info" tab_id="5ac61011-2c93-49145-8fd8adf0-0a93"] Units Assigned 1959-60 Pilot Training: Primary/

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