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Monahans Grad Breaks Sound Barrier In Jet Flight
Mary Sample Davis of Monahans, a 1952 graduate and promotion director for KTSM TV El Paso, recounts her orientation and actual flight in an F 100F jet reaching Mach 1.2 at Holloman Air Force Base. She describes the takeoff, zero gravity, sensory effects, and the view from 49000 feet, along with the experience of the press photographers and postflight reflections.
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Monahans High School
Mary Sample Davis
Ktsm-Tv
el Paso
Oakley Baron
Holloman
Baron
Davis
Wickett
Monahans News
KVKM
Lillian Sample
Marla Jan
Elliott Mitchell