William Harvey Dana
Born: 3 November 1930, Pasadena, California, United States
Nationality: American
Died: 6 May 2014
Group: Dyna-Soar Group 1 (1 April 1960)
Group2: X-15 Pilots 4 ( 1965)
Status: Deceased
| USAF (Non-FAI) Flights: | |||
| 1 | X-15 Flight #174 | 1 November 1966 | 10 minutes, 44 seconds |
| 2 | X-15 Flight #197 | 21 August 1968 | 9 minutes, 23 seconds |
| Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance: | ||
| X-15 Flight #156 | 8 minutes, 46 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #161 | 7 minutes, 30 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #165 | 8 minutes, 28 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #168 | 9 minutes, 33 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #172 | 8 minutes, 59 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #178 | 5 minutes, 17 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #181 | 6 minutes, 56 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #183 | 7 minutes, 6 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #185 | 7 minutes, 36 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #189 | 10 minutes, 48 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #192 | 7 minutes, 35 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #193 | 9 minutes, 23 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #195 | 11 minutes, 33 seconds | |
| X-15 Flight #199 | 11 minutes, 28 seconds | |
Education
BS United States Military Academy - West Point, 1952
MS (Aeronautical Engineering), University of Southern California, 1958
Dana was the pilot on 16 X-15 flights, including the final X-15 flight on 24 October 1968.
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