Jerauld R. Gentry Military person
Jerauld Richard "Jerry" Gentry (May 16, 1935 – March 3, 2003) was a United States Air Force (USAF) test pilot and Vietnam combat veteran. As chief USAF pilot of the Lifting Body Research Program, he helped validate the concept of flying a wingless vehicle back to Earth from space and landing it like an aircraft—an approach used by the Space Shuttle and to a greater degree by vehicles such as the Lockheed Martin X-33 and NASA X-38. Gentry completed thirty lifting body flights including the first flight of the Martin-Marietta X-24A and the second flight of the Northrop HL-10.
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military command | 388th TFW |
service start | 1957 |
service end | 1985 |
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External resources
- http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4220/introduction.htm
- http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19980169231_1998082126.pdf
- http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/303556251.html?dids=303556251:303556251&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&fmac=&date=Mar+9%2C+2003&author=&desc=Col.+%27Jerry%27++Gentry%2C+67%3B+Air+Force+Fighter+Pilot
- http://www.af.mil/information/heritage/milestones.asp?dec=1960&sd=01/01/1960&ed=12/31/1969
- http://www.af.mil/information/heritage/milestones.asp?dec=1970-1980&sd=01/01/1970&ed=12/31/1989
- http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080124-094.pdf
- http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/jrgentry.htm
- http://www.e-yearbook.com/yearbooks/United_States_Naval_Academy_Lucky_Bag_Yearbook/1957/Page_179.html
- http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98654366.html
- http://www.usc.edu/dept/pubrel/trojan_family/autumn03/alumni_MBD.html