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Murray, Arthur Warren 'Kit'

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Murray

Status: Inactive. Born: 1918-12-26. Died: 2011-07-25.

Murray was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania. He joined the United States Army in 1939, and served in the Cavalry. He volunteered for pilot training in 1941 and flew combat missions in North Africa as a P-40 pilot. This was followed by service as a P-47 instructor, and then as maintenance flight test pilot at Chanute Air Force Base. This was followed by training at the Flight Test School at Wright Field. He bacame the first test pilot stationed at Muroc Airfield. Murray flew many experimental and production aircraft types, including the XP-59, P-80, P-51, P-82, F-84, B-25, B-43, B-45 and several X-planes: the X-1A and X-1B, X-4, X-5. After service at Muroc/Edwards from 1949 to 1955, was sent to Paris, France. There he flew the Fiat G-91, the Mystere, and the Javelin.

Serving at the Systems Project Office at Wright from 1958–1960, he was Air Force manager for the X-15 program, He retired to work at Boeing from 1960-1969, managing crew integration for the X-20 and Apollo programs. After two years at Bell Helicopter on their tilt rotor program, Murray retired in 1971.

• Birth of Arthur Warren 'Kit' Murray. - . Related Persons: Murray. American test pilot. Flew the X-1A, X-1B and X-5 # 1..

• X-1A Flight 11 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 11. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 5. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 12 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 12. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 6. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 13 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 13. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 7. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 14 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 14. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 8. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 15 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 15. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 9. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 16 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 16. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 10. X-1A attained 26564 m, un-official world altitude record for manned aircraft..

• X-1A Flight 17 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 17. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 11. X-1A reached 27374 m. Encountered same instability Yeager had, but at mach 1.97. Murray recovered after tumbling 6100 m down to 20130 m..

• X-1A Flight 18 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 18. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 12. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 19 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 19. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 13. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 20 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 20. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 14. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 21 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 21. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 15. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 22 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 22. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 16. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 23 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 23. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 17. Date estimated..

• X-1A Flight 24 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1A flight 24. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1A. AF flight 18. Murray attained 27584 m. Air Force then turned X-1A over to NACA..

• X-1B Flight 4 - . Crew: Murray. Payload: X-1B flight 3. Nation: USA. Related Persons: Murray. Class: Manned. Type: Manned rocketplane. Spacecraft Bus: XS-1. Spacecraft: X-1B. AF flight 3. First powered flight..

• Death of Arthur Warren 'Kit' Murray. - . Related Persons: Murray. American test pilot. Flew the X-1A, X-1B and X-5 # 1..