Thompson

Milton Orville

USA

Personal data:

Birthdate:	04 May 1926
Birthplace:	Crookston / Minnesota
Marital status:	married
Children:	five
Selection date:	20 Sep 1962
Selection group:
Job:	PLT
Status:	Ret. 10 Dec 1963
Date of death:	06 Aug 1993
Place of death:	Lancaster / California

Suborbital Flights:

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		Cdr		km	km/h
Total duration:							-

Thompson before X-15.

Additional information

Bachelor of science in engineering; pilot, USN; was selected as pilot for X-20 Dyna-Soar; then selected for the X-15 program (14 flights); later Director of Research Projects, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, California; chief engineer at Dryden until his death.

Ref: #16, #173 - update: 01.04.07