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Personal: Male, Married, Three children. Born in Paragould, Arkansas, USA. Natural causes. US Air Force BS in aeronautical engineering from Air Force Institute of Technology in 1956. US Air Force Flew 10 combat missions during World War II and more then 100 in the Korean War. Experimental test pilot at the Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB. Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: USAF Dynasoar Group - 1960. Deceased Entered space service: 20 September 1962. Left space service: 31 December 1963. Unsuccessful application for NASA astronaut group 1. Then selected as a pilot for the X-20 Dyna-Soar. Resumed career as a pilot in the USAF. Then Commander, Test Operations, Edwards AFB, California (until 1978). Retired from the USAF with the rank of Colonel. Later test pilot and Director of Operations, Tracor Flight Systems Inc. in Newport Beach, California.
Wood Chronology 1 April 1960 - USAF Dynasoar Astronaut Training Group selected.. The group was selected to provide pilots for X-20A Dyna-Soar spaceplane flights.. Qualifications: Assigned from pool of active USAF and NASA Test Pilots.. Ten test pilots (7 USAF, 3 NASA) underwent physical examinations in August 1959. Seven were secretly selected in April 1960. 1966 July - Dynasoar 3 (cancelled). Assignment: Proposed Prime Crew. Flight: Dynasoar 3. At the time the Dynasoar project was cancelled, the first manned single-orbit flight was planned for July 1966. Jim Wood would have flown the first manned Dyna-Soar. 1 January 1990 - Astronaut James Wayne Wood dies at age of 65 -- Natural causes.. Bibliography and Further Reading
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