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Joseph Henry Engle
"Joe"

Joseph Engle

Born: 26 August 1932, Abilene, Kansas, United States

Nationality: American

Died: 10 July 2024

Group: NASA Group 5 (4 April 1966)

Group2: X-15 Pilots 3 ( 1963)

Status: Deceased

 

USAF (Non-FAI) Flights:
1
X-15 Flight #138
29 June 1965
10 minutes, 32 seconds
2
X-15 Flight #143
10 August 1965
9 minutes, 52 seconds
3
X-15 Flight #153
14 October 1965
9 minutes, 18 seconds

 

FAI Flights:
1
STS-2
12 November 1981
2 days, 6 hours, 13 minutes, 12 seconds
2
51-I
27 August 1985
7 days, 2 hours, 17 minutes, 42 seconds

 

Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance:
X-15 Flight #92
7 October 1963
7 minutes, 37 seconds
X-15 Flight #95
14 November 1963
7 minutes, 47 seconds
X-15 Flight #98
8 January 1964
8 minutes, 51 seconds
X-15 Flight #104
8 April 1964
9 minutes, 46 seconds
X-15 Flight #107
19 May 1964
9 minutes, 1 second
X-15 Flight #111
8 July 1964
9 minutes, 56 seconds
X-15 Flight #112
29 July 1964
7 minutes,49  seconds
X-15 Flight #117
28 September 1964
9 minutes, 34 seconds
X-15 Flight #123
10 December 1964
9 minutes, 45 seconds
X-15 Flight #126
2 February 1965
9 minutes, 58 seconds
X-15 Flight #130
23 April 1965
7 minutes, 42 seconds
X-15 Flight #134
28 May 1965
9 minutes, 37 seconds
X-15 Flight #135
16 June 1965
9 minutes, 46 seconds

Education
  BS (Aeronautical Engineering), University of Kansas, 1956

Flying the X-15 a total of 16 times, only 3 flights took him high enough to qualify for astronaut wings under USAF rules, but did not earn FAI astronaut wings until STS-2.

Engle also flew three times as commander aboard the shuttle Enterprise during the Approach and Landings tests

 

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