30 June 1961 - The Black Vault
30 June 1961 - The Black Vault
30 June 1961 - The Black Vault
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17 Jan <strong>1961</strong><br />
2 Feb <strong>1961</strong><br />
"3 Feb <strong>1961</strong><br />
6592d Test Squadron (B-S8) is<br />
assigned to the AFFTC.<br />
X-IS USAF SiN 56-6671 is severely 124<br />
da~aged during an emergency landing<br />
on Ro~amond Dry Lake.<br />
NASA pilot Joe Walker inaugurates 124<br />
the NASA/AF/~avy X-IS flight test<br />
program \'1 1th a pOI':ered :flight.<br />
X-IS eSAF S/;': 56-6672 ~s partially 129<br />
destroyed by an explosion during a<br />
ground test ' engine firing.<br />
Di rec torate c f Roc ke t Propulsion and 65<br />
!-':is~ile$ beccmes tne Dircc torate of<br />
Roc1{et Propulsion.<br />
~&,jor Robert 1>1. Hhlte rockets X-15 125<br />
USAF s/!~ 56-6670 equipped with XLR-l1<br />
engines to 136,500 feet altitude.<br />
Power Plant Branch is renamed the 13'2<br />
Propulsion Branch.<br />
An hf?iTC ~ffice of Career :.1anagement<br />
by the DCS/Per~onne1.<br />
is estaolis~ed<br />
North Americnn Aviation completes its 122<br />
XLR-99 engine equipped X-15 contractor<br />
dew::l!1st'ration fliGht proc:t'
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