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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Ivins, L. Reid

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L. Reid Ivins Preferred Name: Reid Nickname/Call Sign: Date of Birth: July 15, 1930 Highest Military Grade Held: Lieutenant Colonel Hometown: Ely, NV [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd8ce0e-6958"] Biography After retiring from the USAF in 1975, Reid Ivins practiced Real Estate Law, Family Law and Estate Planning Law [...]

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Ingram, Paul M.

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Paul M. Ingram Preferred Name:Paul Nickname/Call Sign: Date of Birth: May 5, 1927 Highest Military Grade Held: Colonel Hometown: [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd80b72-38a5"] Biography [/single_tab][single_tab title="Units - Education - Awards - Flight Info" tab_id="5ac61011-2c93-49145-8fd80b72-38a5"] Units Assigned 1956 461st Fighter Day Squadron/36th Fighter Day Wing 1956-1958 FWIC

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