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Milton Orville Thompson

Milton Thompson

Born: 4 May 1926, Crookton, Minnesota, United States

Nationality: American

Died: 6 August 1993 (Natural causes)

Group: Dyna-Soar Group 1 (1 April 1960)

Group2: X-15 Pilots 3 ( 1963)

Status: Deceased


 

Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance:
29 October 1963
8 minutes, 43 seconds
27 November 1963
7 minutes, 4 seconds
16 January 1964
8 minutes, 17 seconds
19 February 1964
7 minutes, 3 seconds
21 May 1964
7 minutes, 56 seconds
12 August 1964
6 minutes, 43 seconds
3 September 1964
6 minutes, 18 seconds
30 October 1964
7 minutes, 10 seconds
9 December 1964
6 minutes, 26 seconds
13 January 1965
6 minutes, 48 seconds
25 May 1965
9 minutes, 2 seconds
17 June 1965
8 minutes, 54 seconds
6 August 1965
10 minutes, 13 seconds
25 August 1965
8 minutes, 52 seconds

Education
  BS (Engineering), University of Washington, 1953

Thompson trained for the X-20 program from April 1960 until program cancellation in December 1963. He later made 14 flights in the X-15, none qualifying as space flights.

 


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