JOSEPH ROGERS, FLIER, DIES AT 81 TEST PILOT HOLDS JET SPEED RECORD.Byline: Staff and Wire Services HEALDSBURG - Former Edwards Air Force Base Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. test pilot Joseph Rogers, who piloted aircraft in three wars and still maintains the world record for flying the fastest single-engine jet, died Saturday at his Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern ranch of congestive heart failure congestive heart failure, inability of the heart to expel sufficient blood to keep pace with the metabolic demands of the body. In the healthy individual the heart can tolerate large increases of workload for a considerable length of time. . He was 81. His flying achievements earned Rogers a monument last year along Lancaster's Aerospace Walk of Honor The Aerospace Walk of Honor in Lancaster, California, USA, is a continually-growing venue for honoring test pilots who have significantly contributed to aviation and space research and development. . Rogers, a retired Air Force colonel, is remembered for setting the world record in speed for single-engine jet planes. In 1959, Rogers flew an F-106 at 1,525 mph, a mark that still holds. He later was test director for the SR-71 Blackbird “SR-71” redirects here. For other uses, see SR-71 (disambiguation). The Lockheed SR-71 was an advanced, long-range, Mach 3 strategic reconnaissance aircraft developed from the Lockheed YF-12A and A-12 aircraft by the Lockheed Skunk Works. spy plane. After growing up on a farm in Chillicothe, Ohio, he joined the Army Air Corps after high school at age 17. He became a flight instructor during World War II. By 1950, he was featured as one of Time Magazine's men of the year, said his son Joseph Rogers Jr. Rogers was a top fighter pilot during both the Korean and Vietnam wars, completing 270 missions. He left the Air Force after serving for 29 years and worked for another 14 years selling aircraft in Asia for Northrop Aerospace Co. |
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