Forrest Silas Petersen (1922–1990)

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Forrest Silas Petersen (16.05.1922–08.12.1990)

Wykonał 5 lotów X-15.

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http://www.astronautix.com/p/petersenforrest.html
https://www.worldspaceflight.com/bios/p/peterson-f.php  Peterson

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http://www.kozmo-data.sk/kozmonauti/petersen-forrest-silas.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_S._Petersen

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VICE ADMIRAL FORREST PETERSEN DIES AT 68

Forrest Silas Petersen, 68, a retired Navy vice admiral and aviator who had served in two wars and had held high staff posts, died of cancer Dec. 8 at a hospital in Georgetown, S.C.

Adm. Petersen had served aboard destroyers in the Pacific during World War II and aboard the carrier Enterprise in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. In the early 1960s, he had been a Navy and NASA test pilot. During the 1970s, his posts had included those of deputy chief of naval operations and head of the Naval Air Systems Command. He retired from active duty in 1980.

He then served as president of Petersen Baldwin Enterprises, his own aerospace consulting firm here, before retiring to South Carolina in 1986. A former McLean resident, he resided in Georgetown, S.C., at the time of his death. (...)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/12/12/vice-admiral-forrest-petersen-dies-at-68/15879d2f-241a-4953-b375-0fd67fa6d109/#:~:text=VICE%20ADMIRAL%20FORREST,duty%20in%201980.
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8 December 1990. Death of  Forrest Silas Petersen (b. 16 May 1922). United States Navy aviator and test pilot who flew the North American X-15.

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16 May 1922. Birth of Forrest Silas 'Pete' Petersen, US Navy Aviator and test pilot. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.

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Flier Tests a More Powerful X-15
Aug. 11, 1961

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 10 (UPI) -- Navy Comdr. Forrest S. Petersen flew a new X-15 rocket plane for the first time. [...]
https://www.nytimes.com/1961/08/11/archives/flier-tests-a-more-powerful-x15.html

Forrest Silas Petersen
16 May 1922 - 8 December 1990

Forrest Silas Petersen was born in Holdrege, Nebraska on 16 May 1922, son of Elmer Louis and Stella B. (Nickels) Petersen. He attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for two years and in 1941 entered the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, on appointment from the Fifth District of his native state. Graduated and commissioned Ensign on 7 June 1944, with the Class of 1945 (course of instruction reduced to three years due to World War II), he subsequently advanced in rank to that of Rear Admiral, to date from 1 October 1971 (...)
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Forrest S. Petersen, 68, Retired Vice Admiral
Dec. 13, 1990 AP

Forrest S. Petersen, a retired vice admiral who was decorated for test flights in the X-15 rocket plane, died of a brain tumor o Saturday at a hospital in Georgetown, S. C. He was 68 years old.

In the late 1950's, as a Navy lieutenant commander, he was one of a handful of pilots assigned to the X-15 test program, forerunner of the space program. He made five flights in the plane from 1960 to 1962.

President John F. Kennedy awarded him the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Admiral Petersen became the executive officer and then captain of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Enterprise in the Vietnam War and later headed the Naval Air Systems Command. He retired in 1980.

Survivors include his wife, the former Jean Baldwin; three sons by his first marriage to the former June Berkshire, who died in 1977, and two brothers.
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/13/obituaries/forrest-s-petersen-68-retired-vice-admiral.html