Apt Milburn

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Apt Milburn

Milburn Apt Status: Deceased. Trained as: Test Pilot. Profession: Pilot. Sex: Male. Birth Date: 01 January 1924. Birth City: Buffalo. Birth State: Kansas. Birth Country: USA. Nationality: American. Date of Death: 27 September 1956. Cause of Death: Killed in explosion of X-2 number 1. Group: Test Pilot (USAF). Number of Flights: 0. Comments: Milburn G. Apt was a 1942 graduate of Buffalo High School, Buffalo, Kansas. Apt was fatally injured on September 27, 1956 in air catastrophe with X-2 # 1. Date of birth unknown.

Flight Log

X-2 Flight 17 - - 1956 Sep 27 - Assignment: Prime Crew.
After having been launched from a B-50 bomber over the Mojave Desert in California, Capt. Milburn G. Apt (USAF), flying an X-2 rocket-powered plane on its 13th powered flight, set a record speed of 3,377 kph, or Mach 3.196 at 19,977 m. Subsequent loss of control from inertial coupling led to the destruction of the aircraft and the death of the pilot.

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