Read in one of the stories about him that he flew over 200 different types of aircraft/spacecraft
Anyone have a list? [^o)]
Sounds like a sub genre could be created…
F-9 Panther, F-100, F-104 are just a few I know.
X-15 as well, for sure…and I thought I remembered reading he flew f-86’s too.
Ohhhh…and that flying bedpost hickie that he ejected out of…
Well, he crashed a F-9, F-104, and almost the X-15.
I think he started on an aeronca when he was young. Also D558-2, twin mustang, X-1B, and X-5.
Grumman F9F-2 Panther; ; North American F-100A; F-100C; McDonnell F-101; Lockheed F-104A; Bell X-1B; Bell X-5; Paresev; North American X-15; USAF-NASA Dyna-Soar X-20; F-102A; F5D-1.
must be a T-38 in there. Also a T-28. He first flew an Aeronca Champ.
Probably the D-558-2.
Not the X-20. No one flew that, unfortunately.