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Three Pioneers Prepare For Man's First Space Flight
In Los Angeles on March 1 1959 three pilots Scott Crossfield Iven Kincheloe Joseph Walker train for the X15 program. Crossfield 37 Kincheloe 29 Walker 37 will lead test flights with aims toward orbit and high altitude performance.
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Los Angeles
United States
Scott Crossfield
North American Aviation Co
Air Force
Iven C. Kincheloe
Joseph A. Walker
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Washington and Jefferson University
North American
Sen. Barrett
R-Wyo
Senate Armed Services Committee
James H. Douglas
Thomas D. White
Crossfield
Edwards Afb
California
Wendover Afb
Utah
Kincheloe
Purdue University
Williams Afb
Ariz
Korea
Empire Test School
Farnborough
England
Walker
NACA
Edwards
White
Earth