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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Olson, James K.

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James K. Olson   Preferred Name: Jim Nickname/Call Sign: Date of Birth: April 3, 1932 Highest Military Grade Held: Captain Hometown: Duluth, MN [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd8f2e4-6c0e"] Biography Jim Olson was born the fourth of seven children. Growing up in Duluth, MN. When Olson was only ten

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O’Baker, C. Eugene

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C. Eugene O'Baker Preferred Name: Gene Nickname/Call Sign: Geno Date of Birth: August 5, 1940 Highest Military Grade Held: Colonel, O6 Hometown: Maitland, FL [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="56f207c7-8495-09145-8fd838a6-fed9"] Biography I wanted to fly from the earliest age I can remember. At age 13 I saw the F-100 and

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