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Alvin Swauger White (December 9, 1918 – April 29, 2006) was an American test pilot and mechanical engineer. He flew the maiden flights of both XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft, the first 2,000 mph (3,200 km/h) flight, and all subsequent Mach 3 exploration flights.
May 5, 2006 · Alvin S. White, an experimental test pilot and World War II veteran, died after a brief illness Saturday at a hospital near his home in Oro Valley, Ariz., his daughter Leslie Hester said....
May 2, 2006 · Alvin White, who was Scott Crossfield’s boss at North American during the heyday of supersonic flight testing, died over the weekend. He was 88.
Sep 21, 2023 · 21 September 1964: The first prototype North American Aviation XB-70A-1-NA Valkyrie, serial number 62-0001, flown by Chief Test Pilot Alvin S. White and Colonel Joseph F. Cotton, U.S. Air Force, made its first flight from Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, to Edwards Air Force Base.
Jun 8, 2024 · The B-70’s pilot, Alvin S. White, was able to eject, though he was severely injured. Joe Walker and B-70 co-pilot Major Carl S. Cross, United States Air Force, were killed. The B-70 is out of control and going down in this photograph.
Alvin Swauger White (December 9, 1918 – April 29, 2006) was an American test pilot and mechanical engineer. He flew the maiden flights of both XB-70 Valkyrie aircraft, the first 2,000 mph flight, and all subsequent Mach 3 exploration flights.
Alvin S. White, the North American Aviation test pilot who made the first flight of USAF XB-70, died Apr. 28 in Tucson, Ariz., after a brief illness. He was 87.
