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Test pilots and X-1E aircraft, 1962
Test pilots and X-1E aircraft. US test pilots on 2 October 1962 in front of the X-1E supersonic aircraft at NACA's High-Speed Flight Station at... more
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Test pilots and X-1E aircraft, 1962
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Test pilots and X-1E aircraft. US test pilots on 2 October 1962 in front of the X-1E supersonic aircraft at NACA's High-Speed Flight Station at Edwards Air Force Base, California (later NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center). From left they are Neil Armstrong, Joe Walker, Bill Dana, Bruce Peterson, Jack McKay, Milt Thompson, and Stan Butchart. Armstrong, Walker, Dana, McKay and Thompson all flew the X-15. Peterson and Butchart flew the drop planes. Neil Alden Armstrong (1930-2012) was the first person to walk on the Moon (1969). He was a test pilot here from 1955 to 1962, before joining NASA's Astronaut Corps.
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