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Kansas Pilot Dies In Crash Of High Speed Rocket Plane
Capt Milburn Apt, 13 year Air Force veteran, died on his first X2 flight when the Bell rocket plane crashed 20 miles east of Edwards Air Force Base. The speed record craft, built for supersonic ascent, had been released from a B50 mother ship after reaching 30,000 feet. Apt lived with his wife Faye and daughters Christine and Sharman at the base. survivors include his parents in Kansas and a sister and brother. The other X2 crashed earlier in Lake Ontario mishap.
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Milburn G. Apt
Buffalo
Kas
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Apt
Edwards
Syracuse
Ee Ee Ncan
Abe
Chuck Fog
Milburn G
Air Force
Bell Aircraft Co
Lebrejet
Iven C. Kincheloe
Edwards Afb
Washington, D.C
Faye
Christine
Sharman
Oley G. Apt
Robert D. Fink
Prairie Village
Willis Glenn Apt
South Hampton
N.Y