McKay

John Barron

USA

International order nº: 26

US astr. nº: 15

Personal data:

Birthdate:	08 Dec 1922
Birthplace:	Portsmouth / Virginia
Marital status:	married
Children:	eight
Selection date:	00.00.1960
Selection group:
Job:	PLT
Status:	Ret. 00.00.1962
Date of death:	27 Apr 1975
Place of death:	Lancaster / California

Suborbital Spaceflights (above 80 km):

No	Spaceship	Date & time of launch (UTC)	Status while launch	Date & time of landing (UTC)	Max. Altitude	Max.Speed	Duration
1	X-15-3 Flight 150	28 Sep 1965	Cdr	28 Sep 1965	90.098 km	5004 km/h	11min 57s
Total duration:							11m 57s

McKay before X-15.

Additional information

He served in World-War-II as pilot of the USN; bachelor of science from Polytechnic Institute, 1950; then test pilot and flight research engineer at NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California; was chosen in 1960 for X-15 Program (29 flights); died on late complications following a X-15 crash 1962.

Ref.: #16, #173 - update: 27.11.20