Neil Armstrong is one of the most illustrious ... as the jet age was still dawning and the space race was winding up. Armstrong flew many aircraft for NASA, including some of the most ...

Before he became an astronaut, Neil flew fighter planes for the ... a professor and taught all about his passion for aircraft and flying. Neil Armstrong died on 25 August 2012.

In October 1967, the X-15 flew at Mach ... pilot-astronauts was Neil Armstrong. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines an airplane as "any of a class of fixed-wing aircraft that is heavier than ...