Milton Orville 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: | ||
| X-15 Flight #93 | 29 October 1963 | 8 minutes, 43 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #96 | 27 November 1963 | 7 minutes, 4 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #99 | 16 January 1964 | 8 minutes, 17 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #101 | 19 February 1964 | 7 minutes, 3 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #108 | 21 May 1964 | 7 minutes, 56 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #113 | 12 August 1964 | 6 minutes, 43 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #116 | 3 September 1964 | 6 minutes, 18 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #120 | 30 October 1964 | 7 minutes, 10 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #122 | 9 December 1964 | 6 minutes, 26 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #125 | 13 January 1965 | 6 minutes, 48 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #133 | 25 May 1965 | 9 minutes, 2 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #136 | 17 June 1965 | 8 minutes, 54 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #142 | 6 August 1965 | 10 minutes, 13 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #144 | 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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