Robert Aitken Rushworth

Robert Aitken "Bob" Rushworth was a United States Air Force major general, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War pilot, mechanical and aeronautical engineer, test pilot and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. He flew 34 of the program's 199 flights, more than any other pilot.

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1924 — 1993  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Bob Rushworth; Robert A. Rushworth; Robert Rushworth
military flight engineer, aircraft pilot, military officer, engineer, astronaut, 

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United States, 

1924-10-09T00:00:00Z

1993-03-18T00:00:00Z

1924 — 1993 Robert Aitken Rushworth

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X-15 Pilots, Left to Right: Air Force pilot William J. "Pete" Knight, Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth, Air Force Captain Joseph H. Engle, NASA pilot Milton O. Thompson, NASA pilot Bill Dana, and NASA pilot John B. "Jack" McKay.

The X-15 flight crew, left to right: Joe Engle, Bob Rushworth, Jack McKay, Pete Knight, Milt Thompson, Bill Dana.

X-15 pilots clown around (5135053980)

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incident	incident		[[1]]		Wikidata
commons	image		Robert A. Rushworth		Commons
commons	image		Robert A. Rushworth		Commons
commons	image		X-15 Pilots, Left to Right: Air Force pilot William J. "Pete" Knight, Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth, Air Force Captain Joseph H. Engle, NASA pilot Milton O. Thompson, NASA pilot Bill Dana, and NASA pilot John B. "Jack" McKay.		Commons
commons	image		The X-15 flight crew, left to right: Joe Engle, Bob Rushworth, Jack McKay, Pete Knight, Milt Thompson, Bill Dana.		Commons
commons	image		X-15 pilots clown around (5135053980)		Commons