Lt. Col. Frank K. “Pete” Everest, Chief of the Flight Test Operations Division at Edwards from 1950-1956, shown here in the rocket-powered Bell X-2 research aircraft. Everest made the first powered flight of the X-2 on November 18, 1955, and completed eight of the nine total powered X-2 flights. Everest’s status as the “Chief” of Air Force flight test was denoted by the headdress painted on his helmet. (Photo courtesy of AFFTC History Office)
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