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
Welcome to the archives for the Society’s premier publication, The Intake Journals. This page is available to the public in support of the realization of our Society’s mission to preserve the history of the F-100 Super Sabre and the men who flew the aircraft. Please enjoy this public service to all F-100 aircrew, current aviation aficionados and all future people interested in military aircraft history.
Below you will find all the published issues of The Intake in descending order from Issue One/1 (left to right). For new members, we recommend you read (at your leisure) from Issue 1, on to whichever issue was the first paper edition you received after joining the SSS. Most issues contain references to previous issues and/or continue a series of connected articles.
To view the PDF archive for any issue, simply click on its image below .. and press on!
