Milburn Grant "Mel" Apt [1] (April 9, 1924 – September 27, 1956) was a U.S. Air Force test pilot, and the first man to attain speeds faster than Mach 3. [2] He was killed after separating from …

Oct 5, 2011 · EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- It has been 55 years since Capt. Milburn G. "Mel" Apt piloted a Bell X-2 to more than three times the speed of sound during a flight that …

Milburn G. Apt was born April 9, 1924, in Buffalo, Kansas. After graduating from Buffalo High School in 1942, he joined the Army Air Forces. He graduated from pilot training and was …

27 September 1956: Captain Milburn G. (“Mel”) Apt, United States Air Force, was an experimental test pilot assigned to the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California. …

Dec 22, 2024 · Captain Milburn Grant Apt, United States Air Force, was 32 years old at the time of his death. His remains were buried at the Buffalo Cemetery, Buffalo, Kansas. Captain Iven …

After having been launched from a B-50 bomber over the Mojave Desert in California, Capt. Milburn G. Apt (USAF), flying an X-2 rocket-powered plane on its 13th powered flight, set a …

Sep 27, 2023 · On this day in 1956, Captain Milburn “Mel” Apt becomes the first to fly faster than Mach 3. Sadly, his Bell X-2 supersonic aircraft went into a spin mere seconds later. The …

Sep 6, 2010 · Milburn G. “Mel” Apt (April 9, 1924 – September 27, 1956) was a US test pilot. He was killed in the destruction of the Bell X-2 during a test flight.

The rocket-powered X-2 was designed to be the first airplane capable of surpassing Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) and to achieve altitudes above 100,000 feet. Launched from …

Sep 27, 2019 · USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt became the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2 on September 27, 1956. Unfortunately the aircraft went out of control after making …