Capt. Iven Kincheloe flew a rocket-powered plane to the edge of space in 1956. Had he not died in a later mission, the young Air Force pilot might have become one of the country's first astronauts.

The letter-was written, as the President said, to honor the memory of Iven Kincheloe, a Korean war ace (ten kills) who became a famed test pilot. In 1956 he flew an experimental Bell X-2 to a ...

60 years ago on 7 September 1956, American Test pilot Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. flew at more than 3.200 km/h (2.000 mp/h) and to a height of 38.5 km (126.200 feet), becoming the first human ever to fly ...

September 16, 2003. ROTC honor society remembers POWs with vigil. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. squadron of the Arnold Air Society at Purdue University will conduct a ceremony and ...

October 30, 2002. ROTC honor society to conduct remembrance ceremony and vigil. WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – The Iven C. Kincheloe Jr. squadron of the Arnold Air Society at Purdue University will conduct a ...

A quick bit of history: Captain Iven C. Kincheloe—an Air Force test pilot back in the 1950s—was the first to climb a research aircraft above 100,000 feet, eventually peaking at 126,200 feet ...

Capt. Iven Kincheloe flew a rocket-powered plane to the edge of space in 1956. Had he not died in a later mission, the young Air Force pilot might have become one of the country's first astronauts.