Jerauld R. Gentry
Military Person
1935 – 2003
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Who was Jerauld R. Gentry?
Jerauld Richard "Jerry" Gentry was a United States Air Force test pilot and Vietnam combat veteran. As chief USAF pilot of the Lifting Body Research Program, he helped validate the concept of flying a wingless vehicle back to Earth from space and landing it like an aircraft—an approach used by the Space Shuttle and to a greater degree by vehicles such as the Lockheed Martin X-33 and NASA X-38. Gentry completed thirty lifting body flights including the first flight of the Martin-Marietta X-24A and the second flight of the Northrop HL-10.
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- Born
- May 16, 1935
Enid - Also known as
- Jerauld Gentry
- Education
- United States Naval Academy
- Died
- Mar 3, 2003
Alexandria - Resting place
- Arlington National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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