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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Gary S. Olin Preferred Name: Gary Nickname/Call Sign: Oly Date Of Birth: 08-26-1942 Highest Military Grade Held: (0-5) Lt. Colonel Hometown: San Bernardino, CA Civilian Education MBA Units Assigned 60-64 USAFA CADET 64-65 Pilot Training, Webb AFB, TX T-37 and T-38 65-66 CCTS, LUKE AFB, AZ F-100 66-67 356 TFS, MISAWA AB, JAPAN F-100 67 CCTS, NELLIS AFB, NV

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