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Capt. Glen W. Edwards
Capt. Glen W. Edwards, an Air Force test pilot, was killed when the YB-49 flying wing prototype bomber broke apart during a test flight. All members of the crew were killed. Muroc Air Force Base was renamed Edwards AFB in his honor on Dec. 8, 1949. A plaque located in front of the Air Force Flight Test Center has a tribute to him. (Courtesy photo)
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Northrop YB-49 flying wing prototype bomber
The Northrop YB-49 flying wing prototype bomber. Capt. Glen Edwards was killed when a YB-49 crashed June 5, 1948. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Northrop YB-49
The YB-49 is photographed at the Northrop facility, Hawthorne, Calif., Dec. 23, 1948. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Northrop YB-49
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Convair X-F-92A
The Convair X-F-92A flies a test mission. The aircraft was a delta-wing concept demonstrator. (Courtesy photo)
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Convair X-F-92A
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Boeing YB-52 lands in 1953
The Boeing YB-52 from North American lands on Rogers Dry Lake, Calif., in 1953. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Lt. Col Frank K. "Pete" Everest
Lt. Col Frank K. "Pete" Everest set the last low altitude world absolute speed record when he piloted the YF-100 to 755 mph, Oct. 29, 1953. He subsequently piloted the rocket-powered Bell X-2 to a record speed of Mach 2.87 or 1,900 mph in June 1956. (Courtesy photo)
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North American YF-100A
The YF-100A, the first aircraft to exceed Mach 1 on its first flight, flies over the North Base of Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., on its first flight May 25, 1953. (Courtesy photo)
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North American YF-100
The first North American YF-100 built with the serial number 52-5754 lands with drag chute. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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D-558-2 Skyrocket launch
The D-558-2 Skyrocket just after launch from a P2B-1S, the U.S. Navy version of the B-29 Superfortress. (Courtesy NASA photo)
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D-558-2 Skyrocket
The D-558-2 Skyrocket is towed on the lakebed of Rogers Dry Lake, Calif. (Courtesy NASA photo)
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