EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE : Group to Honor Jet Flight Pioneers
Aviation pioneers and enthusiasts will gather May 9 to mark 50 years of American jet-powered flight at a dinner sponsored by the Flight Test Historical Foundation of Edwards Air Force Base.
Honorees will include America’s first military jet pilot, Lt. Gen. Laurence C. (Bill) Craigie, who flew a Bell Aircraft XP-59A from Muroc Army Air Field--now Edwards Air Force Base--on Oct. 2, 1942, and British Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, who was issued a patent for the jet engine in 1930.
Proceeds from the $100-a-plate dinner will go toward building a permanent flight test museum at the base. The dinner will be at the Hyatt Los Angeles International Airport Hotel. Tickets are available from the Flight Test Historical Foundation, Tribute to Aerospace, 41445 Almond Ave., Palmdale 93550, before April 15. Information is available at (805) 943-0452.
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