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Arthur Warren "Kit" Murray (December 26, 1918 – July 25, 2011) [1] was a United States test pilot who flew test flights on the Bell X-1 and the Bell X-5 aircraft. He was the first pilot to see the curvature of the Earth and set an unofficial altitude record of more than 90,000 feet at over twice the speed of sound.
Captain Katrina Mumaw (born c. 1983 in Lancaster, California), is a United States Air Force Academy graduate and accomplished pilot who holds several records in aviation. [1] On July 12, 1994, at the age of eleven, [2] Mumaw became the youngest person to pilot a Russian MIG-29 fighter jet [3] and also the youngest to break the sound barrier. [2]
Jerry Brown – governor of California (1975–83; 2011–19) and mayor of Oakland; Pat Brown – governor of California (1959–1967) Dave Brubeck – jazz pianist and composer; Tedy Bruschi – football player; Lindsey Buckingham – musician (Fleetwood Mac) Jeff Buckley – singer-songwriter and guitarist; Bill Buckner – baseball player
Starship test flight: SpaceX Starship splashes down after 6th launch; booster catch called off Nov. 19, 2024: Trump in attendance; booster catch called off. The most recent Starship flight test ...
He is also the team's longest-serving and most successful captain with 28 test victories and led the team to win the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the team's first International Cricket Council trophy. Fleming captained New Zealand in the first ever Twenty20 International against Australia in 2005.
He is also the only test captain to play in excess of 100 test matches. (109 – 108 as captain for South Africa, and 1 for ICC). [89] [90] Smith holds the world record of the highest number of wins in test matches as a captain with 53 wins. Smith holds the most centuries (15) by a captain in test match wins. He also holds the world record of a ...
[nb 2] Ely flew from the Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, California, and landed on the Pennsylvania, which was the first successful shipboard landing of an aircraft. [16] [17] This flight was also the first-ever using a tailhook system, designed and built by circus performer and aviator Hugh Robinson. [7] Ely told a reporter: "It was easy enough.
Hamm took a drug test that weekend, knowing he would fail. A week later, he delivered himself to his probation officer and soon after he was booked into the Campbell County jail. But before that, he had called Greenwell, Grateful Life’s intake supervisor. Hamm had begged to be allowed back into the program. Greenwell had turned him down.