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- p. 13 …Fulgham at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
29. Maj. Dan D. Fulgham, James Lovell, Hilary Ray, and…
- p. 23 …Roswell AAF to another facility, usually Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (or a host of other facilities…
- p. 33 …In 1959, 150 dummies were dropped by aircraft over Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio (possibly accounting for…
- p. 42 …and later the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Stapp won support for the…
- p. 86 …was taken to "Wright Field" (now Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio). $ ^{29} $
The nurse described the little…
- p. 87 …were transported to what is now Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio.
c. The bluish-purplish wreckage that…
- p. 99 …than normal which was transported to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio;
d. that may have involved a…
- p. 102 …the crash, an identification specialist from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio arrived at the hospital to assist…
- p. 105 …24-hour standby basis, responded from Wright-Patterson AFB to the location of an incident. $ ^{152…
- p. 107 …the shipment of a body with a large head to Wright-Patterson AFB.
Based on previous…
- p. 111 …Air Force Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, appointed a new project officer for Project…
- p. 112 …to the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB.
During the third week of May 1959…
- p. 113 …Kaufman, pilots and Aero Medical Research officers from Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio were assigned temporary duty…
- p. 114 …Stapp, Aero Medical Laboratory commander at Wright-Patterson AFB (the pilots and Project EXCELSIOR were assigned…
- p. 123 …of the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.
## The "Red-headed Captain" and Dr…
- p. 124 …ORGANIZATION AND BRANCH OF SERVICE ARDC Wright Patterson(a) 14. PLITING STATUS Yes
13. NAME AND…
- p. 125 …Fulgham at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio several days after the balloon accident with a "traumatic hematoma…
- p. 126 # "Bodies" with Large Heads and Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
UFO theorists contend that the U.S…
- p. 132 …Wheeler, High Altitude Bailouts, MCREXD-695-66M (Wright-Patterson AFB, OH: USAF Air Materiel Command, September…
- p. 133 …Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position, Air Force Technical Report 5915, (Wright Patterson AFB…
- p. 135 …Preliminary Survey of the Aft Facing Seated Position, Air Force Technical Report 5915, (Wright Patterson AFB…
- p. 157 …Aerial Phenomena Branch, December 6, 1965, National Air Intelligence Center historical files, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
- p. 168 …to the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright Patterson. I participated in both the Air Force Man…
- p. 169 …Several days later I returned to Wright Patterson with Capt Kittenger and Capt Kaufman. My wife…
- p. 175 …During my third assignment at Wright Patterson, I volunteered, along with Capt Dan Fulgham, to be…
- p. 176 …Three days later, on Sunday, Kittinger, Fulgham and I returned to Wright Patterson via a special…
- p. 177 …Many scientific accomplishments came out of the various laboratories at Wright Patterson but I am unaware…
- p. 178 …We also dropped dummies, from aircraft only, at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. The object of the…
- p. 179 …they were sent to Holloman from Wright-Patterson for training on a temporary duty basis. On…
- p. 180 …I made arrangements for all of us to fly to Wright-Patterson on a C-131…
- p. 184 …before being reassigned to the Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright Patterson. I retired in from the…
- p. 223 …and Patterson, Jack H. Recovery of Parachute-Borne Packages by Helicopter, TDR 62-6, 1962. AD…
- p. 232 …Wright Field, Ohio 19, 21, 77
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 12, 77-78, 91, 95, 98…
Table 2.4
U.S. Air Force Manned High Altitude Balloon Flights
Date Project/Flight Altitude(feet) Pilot
6/2/57 MAN HIGH I 96,200 Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.
8/19/57 MAN HIGH II 101,500 Lt. Col. David G. Simons(MC)
10/8/58 MAN HIGH III 99,700 1st Lt. Clifton McClure
11/16/59 EXCELSIOR I 76,400 Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.
12/11/59 EXCELSIOR II 74,700 Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.
8/16/60 EXCELSIOR III 102,800 Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.
12/13/62 STARGAZER 86,000 Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr.
With the completion of Project STARGAZER and the success of NASA's Project MERCURY space flights, future investigations were accomplished by space vehicles. This signaled the end of an era of manned high altitude balloon flight; however, these projects had indeed "bridged the gap," and manned space flight was now safely possible.
## Low Altitude Balloon Training Missions
Background. In April 1958, Col. John P. Stapp, commander of the U.S. Air Force Aero Medical Laboratory at Wright-Patterson AFB, appointed a new project officer for Project EXCELSIOR, Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. EXCELSIOR was part of an ongoing program to examine high altitude aircraft escape procedures and equipment. $ ^{168} $ Kittinger was an experienced fighter test pilot who was the pilot of the first Air Force manned high altitude balloon project, MAN HIGH I, in June 1957. $ ^{169} $ In addition to being the
Fig. 15. Project STARGAZER pilot and project engineer, Capt. Joseph W. Kittinger, Jr. (left), after landing near Lordsburg, N.M. on December 13, 1962 with U.S. Navy civilian astronomer William C. White. Kittinger and White ascended to 86,000 feet to make astronomical observations in the seventh, and final, U.S. Air Force manned high altitude balloon flight. (U.S. Air Force photo)