Robert Aitkin Rushworth
Born: 9 October 1924, Madison, Maine, United States
Nationality: American
Died: 17 March 1993 (Natural causes)
Group: Man In Space Soonest (25 June 1958)
Group2: X-15 Pilots 2 (October 1958)
Status: Deceased
USAF (Non-FAI) Flights: | |||
1 | X-15 Flight #87 | 27 June 1963 | 10 minutes, 28 seconds |
Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance: | ||
X-15 Flight #25 | 4 November 1960 | 8 minutes, 46 seconds |
X-15 Flight #27 | 17 November 1960 | 8 minutes, 58 seconds |
X-15 Flight #42 | 4 October 1961 | 8 minutes, 31 seconds |
X-15 Flight #53 | 8 May 1962 | 8 minutes, 50 seconds |
X-15 Flight #54 | 22 May 1962 | 9 minutes, 16 seconds |
X-15 Flight #66 | 8 August 1962 | 7 minutes, 43 seconds |
X-15 Flight #68 | 20 August 1962 1961 | 8 minutes, 38 seconds |
X-15 Flight #69 | 29 August 1962 | 8 minutes, 47 seconds |
X-15 Flight #71 | 4 October 1962 | 9 minutes, 50 seconds |
X-15 Flight #73 | 23 October 1962 | 9 minutes, 46 seconds |
X-15 Flight #78 | 11 April 1963 | 8 minutes, 57 seconds |
X-15 Flight #82 | 414 May 1963 | 7 minutes, 33 seconds |
X-15 Flight #85 | 18 June 1963 | 9 minutes, 50 seconds |
X-15 Flight #89 | 18 July 1963 | 10 minutes, 28 seconds |
X-15 Flight #94 | 7 November 1963 | 8 minutes, 52 seconds |
X-15 Flight #97 | 5 December 1963 | 9 minutes, 34 seconds |
X-15 Flight #100 | 28 January 1964 | 10 minutes, 26 seconds |
X-15 Flight #103 | 27 March 1964 | 9 minutes, 52 seconds |
X-15 Flight #105 | 29 April 1964 | 9 minutes, 35 seconds |
X-15 Flight #109 | 25 June 1964 | 8 minutes, 55 seconds |
X-15 Flight #114 | 14 August 1964 | 12 minutes, 6 seconds |
X-15 Flight #118 | 29 September 1964 | 9 minutes, 51 seconds |
X-15 Flight #124 | 22 December 1964 | 7 minutes, 50 seconds |
X-15 Flight #127 | 17 February 1965 | 9 minutes, 20 seconds |
X-15 Flight #129 | 26 March 1965 | 11 minutes, 24 seconds |
X-15 Flight #140 | 20 July 1965 | 10 minutes, 34 seconds |
X-15 Flight #141 | 3 August 1965 | 9 minutes, 32 seconds |
X-15 Flight #145 | 26 August 1965 | 10 minutes, 28 seconds |
X-15 Flight #147 | 9 September 1965 | 11 minutes, 10 seconds |
X-15 Flight #149 | 22 September 1965 | 10 minutes, 54 seconds |
X-15 Flight #155 | 3 November 1965 | 5 minutes, 2 seconds |
X-15 Flight #158 | 18 May 1966 | 8 minutes, 57 seconds |
X-15 Flight #159 | 1 July 1966 | 4 minutes, 29 seconds |
Education
BS (Mechanical Engineering), University of Maine, 1951
MS (Aeronautical Engineering), Air Force Institute of Technology, 1954
Making 34 of the 199 X-15 flights, Rushworth made more flights than any other X-15 pilot.
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