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Joe Henry Engle. Became one of the test pilots for the X-15 program in 1963. Earned astronaut wings as an X-15 pilot which he flew it 16 times. On three flights, he reached altitudes of more that 50 miles and qualified for astronaut wings therefore becoming the nation’s youngest astronaut at age 32. Formally selected by NASA for the fifth ...
Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932), (Maj Gen, USAF, Ret.), is an American pilot who served in the United States Air Force, test pilot for the North American X-15 program, aeronautical engineer, and a former NASA astronaut.As of 2016, he is the only surviving X-15 pilot!! You should definitely meet him!! Engle test-flew the joint NASA-Air Force X-15 rocket airplane.
Captain Joe Engle is seen here next to the X-15-2 (56-6671) rocket-powered research aircraft after a flight. Engle made 16 flights in the X-15 between October 7, 1963, and October 14, 1965. Three of the flights, on June 29, August 10, and October 14, 1965, were above 50 miles, qualifying him for astronaut wings under the Air Force definition.
Engle and Richard Truly flew the first flight of the Space Shuttle in the orbital configuration. His pilot for this flight, STS-2, was Richard H. Truly. Despite a mission shortened from 5 days to 2 days because of a failed fuel cell, the crew accomplished more than 90% of the objectives set for STS-2 before returning to a landing on the dry lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base, California ...
24 de ago. de 2018 · Bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from the University of Kansas, 1955; test pilot; X-15-pilot; performed three X-15 flights with an altitude of more than 80 kilometers ( 29.06.1965 , 10.08.1965 and 14.10.1965) and earned his astronaut wings; 1963 selected Military Astronaut - Class 3; Colonel, USAF , Ret.; in 1977 he was Commander ...
11 de nov. de 2014 · Last weekend I got to sit down and chat with Joe Engle, one of the handful of men who flew the X-15 rocket plane into space! For more on the story, check out...
12 de mar. de 2014 · Captain Joe Engle is seen here next to the X-15-2 (56-6671) rocket-powered research aircraft after a flight. Engle made 16 flights in the X-15 between October 7, 1963, and October 14, 1965. Three of the flights, on June 29, August 10, and October 14, 1965, were above 50 miles, qualifying him for astronaut wings under the Air Force definition.
