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Aeronautical Research Engineer Milt Thompson computing data |
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| Photo Number: |
E-2298 |
| Photo Date: |
1956 |
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558x480 JPEG Image (57 KBytes)
1191x1024 JPEG Image (333 KBytes)
2000x1720 JPEG Image (468 KBytes)
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| Description: |
Milton O. Thompson was hired as an engineer at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics’ High-Speed Flight Station (later renamed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Dryden Flight Research Center) on March 19, 1956. In 1958 he became a research pilot, but in this photo Milt is working on data from another pilot's research flight.
Thompson began flying with the U.S. Navy as a pilot trainee at the age of 19. He subsequently served during World War II, with duty in China and Japan. Following six years of active naval service, he entered the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington. Milt graduated in 1953 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering. He remained in the Naval Reserves during college, and continued flying--not only naval aircraft but crop dusters and forest-spraying aircraft.
After college graduation, Milt became a flight test engineer for the Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle, where he was employed for two years before coming to the High-Speed Flight Station.
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| Keywords: |
Flight Research Pilots; Milton O. Thompson; National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; High-Speed Flight Station; U.S. Navy; World War II; University of Washington; Boeing Aircraft Company; NASA Dryden Flight Research Center; National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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