AFFTC Stoliker
Long time Air Force Flight Test Center engineer and former AFFTC Technical Director Frederick “Fred” N. Stoliker passed away February 16 in Santa Barbara, Calif. He was 85 years old. (Courtesy photo)
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AFFTC Stoliker
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Posted: 2/22/2012
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Houses in the Wherry Housing area at Edwards AFB
The Bell X-1A in flight. Bell test pilot Jean E. “Skip” Ziegler made the first glide flight of the X- 1A at Edwards AFB on Feb. 14, 1953. (Courtesy Photo)
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Houses in the ...
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Posted: 2/6/2012
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Houses in the Wherry Housing area at Edwards AFB
Houses in the Wherry Housing area at Edwards AFB, in the mid-1950s, having been completed and leased to military and civilian personnel in February 1951. (Courtesy Photo)
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Houses in the ...
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Posted: 2/6/2012
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Heritage Wall Photos
Maj. Frank K. “Pete” Everest appears wearing the official desert uniform, and what looks like an Indian headdress. (Courtesy Photo)
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Posted: 1/3/2012
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Moments in Time
Actress Rita Moreno seen here with several Edwards test pilots, including Capt. Iven C. Kincheloe in 1956. (Courtesy Photo)
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Moments in Time
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Posted: 1/3/2012
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First Female Space Shuttle Pilot Candidate
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School student Maj. Eileen M. Collins, (Class 89B), was selected by NASA as a Space Shuttle pilot candidate on January 17, 1990. Major Collins was the first woman to be selected for the job, and went on to both pilot, and command the Space Shuttle. (Courtesy Photo)
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First Female ...
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Posted: 12/20/2011
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Enterprise arrives at Edwards
The first Space Shuttle orbiter, Enterprise, arrived at Edwards AFB on January 31, 1977. It had been moved via road at 3 mph from Rockwell International’s assembly facility at Palmdale aboard a 90-wheel transporter. The unpowered version of the Shuttle was housed at Dryden Flight Research Center in preparation for a series of ground, captive- and free-flight tests prior to the space launch program. (Courtesy Photo)
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Posted: 12/20/2011
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Naming Edwards Air Force Base
On January 27, 1950 a ceremony was held in connection with Armed Forces Day to rename the base in honor of Capt. Glen W. Edwards, a crewmember killed in the YB-49 flying wing crash the previous year. The plaque unveiled that day, misspelled his first name as Glenn, and was later corrected. The base of the plaque reads “A pioneer of the Flying Wing in the western skies, with courage and daring unrecognized by himself.” (Courtesy Photo)
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Posted: 12/20/2011
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
NASA test pilot John A. Manke, shown here in August 1959 with the HL 10 lifting body. Manke made the first successful rocket-powered flight of the HL 10 on November 13, 1968, attaining Mach 0.80 at 43,000 ft. (Photo courtesy of NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.)
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Tennessee Ernie ...
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Posted: 11/9/2011
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Tennessee Ernie Ford
Popular entertainer “Tennessee Ernie” Ford filmed an episode of his NBC television program on the ramp in front of the maintenance and modification hangar (Hangar 1600) on November 10, 1960. (Photo courtesy of AFFTC History Office)
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Posted: 11/9/2011
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Lt. Col. Frank K "Pete" Everest in the Bell X-2
Lt. Col. Frank K. “Pete” Everest, Chief of the Flight Test Operations Division at Edwards from 1950-1956, shown here in the rocket-powered Bell X 2 research aircraft. Colonel Everest made the first powered flight of the X 2 on November 18, 1955, and completed eight of the nine total powered X-2 flights. Everest’s status as the “Chief” of Air Force flight test was denoted by the headdress painted on his helmet. (Photo courtesy of AFFTC History Office)
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Lt. Col. Frank ...
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Posted: 11/9/2011
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History
B‐47B Pilots’ Evaluation Program: From left to right, Maj. Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, Capt. Joseph E. Wolfe, Maj. Jackie L. Ridley, and Lt. Col Frank. K. "Pete" Everest, Jr. (Air Force photo)
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History
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Posted: 6/22/2011
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