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Moving Image / BD-0006 Joe Engle Oral History SDASM

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Title
BD-0006 Joe Engle Oral History SDASM
Contributing Institution
San Diego Air and Space Museum Library and Archives
Collection
Moving Image Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Interview by SDASM Docent Ron Carrico of Joe Engle, Major-General, USAF Retired. General Engle discusses his life flying fighter aircraft, test flying with emphasis on the X15 rocket plane and how the lessons learned from the X15 helped develop the re-entry and landing procedures of the Space Shuttle. Joe Engle flew the Shuttle Enterprise from drop from a Boeing 747 to landing. Thereafter he flew Space Shuttle STS 2 and hand flew the re-entry and landing from space. He also spent 9 days as commander of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS5i. General Engle also answers questions prepared by a 6th grade class regarding space flight, preparation, weightlessness and what happens to water in a zero G environment. From the archives of the San Diego Air and Space Museum http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/research/ Please do not use for commercial purposes without permission.
Type
moving image
Subject
Joe Engle
Astronaut
X15
X15 pilot
X15 interview
STS 2
Sts5i
Enterprise
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Columbia (Rocket)
Space Shuttle Enterprise
X-15
X-15 Reentry
Space Shuttle Re-entry
X15 landing
X15 acceleration
Space shuttle landing
Air Force Test Pilot school
Test Pilot (Profession)
San Diego Air & Space Museum (Museum)
Major General Joe Engle
SDASM/Oral History
Sdasm oral history

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