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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198X_colonel-jesse-p-jake-jacobs-jr_Lancaster-CA.html
Colonel Jacobs received the Legion of Merit for meritorious service as Director and test pilot on the C-5A Test Force. It was at the time, one of the world's largest aircraft.
During his 46 years in aerospace, Jacobs logged more than 10,600 fl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198V_henry-e-hank-chouteau_Lancaster-CA.html
As Northrop's Chief Test Pilot for advanced fighter aircraft, Hank Chouteau helped develop dozens of new or modified aircraft, participating in aircraft design, development, test flights and marketing.
Chouteau logged more than 7,300 flight ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198S_arthur-k-kit-murray_Lancaster-CA.html
Arthur "Kit" Murray was instrumental in pioneering the techniques of air-to-air fueling and the development of talk-down techniques for landing experimental aircraft. As a Flight Test Pilot at Edwards AFB, he flew programs on the X-1A and X-5, fle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM198Q_john-b-jack-mckay_Lancaster-CA.html
Jack McKay died in 1975—20 years to the day after his first rocket flight. He had retired from NASA four years earlier, climaxing a 20-year flying career at Edwards in which he become one of the Center's most experienced rocket pilots. In th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM194F_joshua-memorial-park-veterans-monument_Lancaster-CA.html
This monument is dedicated tothe brave men and women that honorable servedin the Armed Forces of the United States of Americain time of peace, wars and conflict.The freedom of this great nation is only possiblebecause of the sacrifice of those tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZU0_tuskegee-airmen_Lancaster-CA.html
"....the privileges of being an American" belong to those brave enough to fight for them."Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
In our tradition of honoring American aviators who have flown into the pages of history, the City of Lancaster dedicates this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZTY_western-hotel_Lancaster-CA.html
This buiding, erected by the Gilroy family in 1876, this building was purchased in 1902 by George T. Webber, who operated it as the Western Hotel. The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce was organized in its dining room. Between 1905 and 1913, construct…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZQE_f-a-nasa-tail-number-842_Lancaster-CA.html
This F/A-18 Hornet (bureau Number 161214) is a pre-production A-Model airplane whose first prototype rolled out of the McDonnell Douglas Plant on September 13, 1978. The Carrier-based Navel strike fighter did not become operational for several yea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYLR_f-4-phantom-ii_Lancaster-CA.html
Panel 1:On loan from the United States Air Force, this F-4 Phantom II was acquired on November 7, 2001 from Edwards Air Force Base and transported to the Boeing Company facility at USAF Plant 42. Boeing volunteers worked many hours to restore the …