Joseph Henry Engle
"Joe"
Born: 26 August 1932, Abilene, Kansas, United States
Nationality: American
Died:
Group: NASA Group 5 (4 April 1966)
Group2: X-15 Pilots 3 ( 1963)
Status: Retired
| USAF (Non-FAI) Flights: | |||
| 1 | X-15 Flight #138 | 29 June 1965 | 10 minutes, 32 seconds |
| 2 | X-15 Flight #143 | 10 August 1965 | 9 minutes, 52 seconds |
| 3 | X-15 Flight #153 | 14 October 1965 | 9 minutes, 18 seconds |
| FAI Flights: | |||
| 1 | STS-2 | 12 November 1981 | 2 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, 12 seconds |
| 2 | 51-I | 27 August 1985 | 7 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds |
| Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance: | ||
| X-15 Flight #92 | 7 October 1963 | 7 minutes, 37 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #95 | 14 November 1963 | 7 minutes, 47 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #98 | 8 January 1964 | 8 minutes, 51 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #104 | 8 April 1964 | 9 minutes, 46 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #107 | 19 May 1964 | 9 minutes, 1 second |
| X-15 Flight #111 | 8 July 1964 | 9 minutes, 56 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #112 | 29 July 1964 | 7 minutes,49 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #117 | 28 September 1964 | 9 minutes, 34 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #123 | 10 December 1964 | 9 minutes, 45 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #126 | 2 February 1965 | 9 minutes, 58 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #130 | 23 April 1965 | 7 minutes, 42 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #134 | 28 May 1965 | 9 minutes, 37 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #135 | 16 June 1965 | 9 minutes, 46 seconds |
Education
BS (Aeronautical Engineering), University of Kansas, 1956
Flying the X-15 a total of 16 times, only 3 flights took him high enough to qualify for astronaut wings under USAF rules, but did not earn FAI astronaut wings until STS-2.
Engle also flew three times as commander aboard the shuttle Enterprise during the Approach and Landings tests
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