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Atomic Bomb Pilots
Charles Sweeney
Bock's Car pilot dropped A-Bomb
on Nagasaki, August 9, 1945
Paul Tibbets
Enola Gay Pilot dropped A-Bomb
on Hiroshima, August 6, 1945 |
![Before "One Small Step"](../astronauts/armstrong_x15_small.jpg)
Neil Armstrong
X-15 Test Pilot |
![A-Bomb Blast!](bomb_small.jpg)
August 6, 1945 - Hiroshima, Japan
Four Enola Gay crew members
General Paul Tibbets, Tom Ferebee,
Dutch VanKirk & Richard Nelson |
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General Chuck Yeager
& General Fred Ascani
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![XB-70 Pilots](XB-70_2_small.jpg)
Supersonic Jet XB-70 Pilots
Al White, Don Mallick,
Joe Cotton & Fitz Fulton
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![Slick Goodlin](goodlin_small.gif)
Chalmers "Slick" Goodlin
The first man to fly the Bell X-1
The plane that eventually broke
the sound barrier |
![Robert Morgan](morgan_robert_small.gif)
Robert Morgan
Memphis Belle Pilot |
![X-1 Pilots](x-1_pilots_small.jpg)
Eight X-1 Pilots
Gus Lundquist, John Grifith,
Scott Crossfield, Slick Goodlin,
Pete Everest, Chuck Yeager,
Fred Ascani & Bob Champine |
![Fastest Man Alive](knight2_small.jpg)
William "Pete" Knight
X-15 Test Pilot - Fastest Man Alive
Mach 6.7 (4,520 m.p.h.) - 10/3/67 |
![The Right Stuff!](x-1_team_small.jpg)
X-1 Team
Chuck Yeager and 4 Other Key Men
Who Worked To Break The Sound Barrier
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![Bock's Car](bockscar_small.jpg)
Bock's Car
Nagasaki A-Bomb plane
Pilot Charles Sweeney &
Co-Pilot Fred Olivi |
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