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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Dunham, Robert L., Jr.

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Robert L. Dunham, Jr. Preferred Name: Bob Nickname/Call Sign: "Ranger" Bob Date Of Birth: 02-03-1945 Highest Military Grade Held: Lt Col, O5 Hometown: Union Springs, AL [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="Headed West" tab_id="1486758429385-5-4"] He was born on February 3, 1945 in Montgomery, Alabama. His parents were Robert Lanson

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