M.Adams

Michael James Adams

Born: 5 May 1930, Sacramento, California, United States

Nationality: American

Died: 15 November 1967 (Crash of X-15)

Group: USAF MOL Group 1 (12 November 1965)

Group2: X-15 Pilots 5 (20 July 1966)

Status: Deceased

USAF (Non-FAI) Flights:

X-15 Flight #191

15 November 1967

4 minutes, 50 seconds

Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance:

X-15 Flight #173

6 October 1966

8 minutes, 26 seconds

X-15 Flight #176

29 November 1966

7 minutes, 56 seconds

X-15 Flight #177

22 March 1967

9 minutes, 30 seconds

X-15 Flight #179

28 April 1967

9 minutes, 16 seconds

X-15 Flight #182

15 June 1967

9 minutes, 11 seconds

X-15 Flight #187

25 August 1967

7 minutes, 37 seconds

Education
BS (Aeronautical Engineering), University of Oklahoma, 1958
(Astronautics), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aerospace Research Pilot School, 1963

Adams died in the crash of flight #191, in which the aircraft was destroyed. After reaching peak altitude, Adams entered a spin at Mach 5. He entered dive at 30,000 m, began high frequency pitch oscillations reaching 15 G's. The aircraft was unable to endure the stress and disintegrated.

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