North American Aviation's chief test pilot models X-15
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated February 18, 1961 reads "Al White, Northridge, yet has to take the plane on a flight." The article partially reads "Yesterday, White, who lives at 17955 Parthenia St., Northridge, sat in a mock-up cockpit of the X-15, looked over the controls, and smiled broadly."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
North American Aviation--Employees Men--California--San Fernando Valley Test pilots--California--San Fernando Valley Air pilots--California--San Fernando Valley Airplanes--Equipment and supplies Airplanes--Models--California--San Fernando Valley X-15 (Rocket aircraft) San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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