30 June 1961 - The Black Vault

and development of the Qyna-Soar f11ght test program. The AFFTC
Dyna-Soar Test Force Director, Colonel Harold G. Russell, USAF.
in July named eight ag.enc 1ea 1 a,ssoc1ateo \oJl th the test for,;€!.
Respons~b~11tie$ of the AF~C included pilot selection and
training.• flight test engineering, flight planning, bioastronaut·ics
suppor-t, anCi flight and maintenanc'e of the B-52 carrier
alrplaneas well as other test support air-craft. By 30 June
1961, Dyna....Soar P11ots·2 selected for the program I"ere under-going
1n1tialtra1n1ng at the Boeing Airplane facility in Seattle~
Washington.
In ,JB.tIuary 1961, two StrategiC Air Command B-58 Hustler
BO~bcra
with SAC crews teamed up at the Center to establish six
new sp~ed ,records.. f1-ve of' whlch were formerly held by Russia.
New. ma::rks by thedelt&-w1nsed. four-jet, Convair-built Hustlers
were established over theAFFII'C 1000 and 2000 kilometer courseB.
Recol'ds set over the 1000 k1lometer cour·se were a 3peed of
1,284.73 miles per hour with a 2,000 kilogram payload, the
same speed over the same course automat1cally bested any
1. AFFTC, AFMTC~ NASA, Boe1ng Airplane Co (systems contrac torL
Martin Co (T1.tan II booster contractor), Radio Corporation
of America (communications and data link contractor),
Vl1nneapoJ..is-HOneyv:el1Co (f11ght cO.ntrol systemL and Aerojet­
General Corp (engine manufacturer for the Titan booster).
2. rMaJo·rs Robert M.. i ....h1 te, and James W. Woodj Capta1n:J Robert
fA. Tiushl