Widow of ‘first spaceman’ Kincheloe Jr. recalls husband

The South Bend Tribune has a interview with Dorothy Kincheloe.  It’s nice to see Dorothy and the family remembered 50 years later!

Print/save the article now – they only stay up for a week or so.

Air Trails Pictorial 1950

Just added a new photo to the Toward The Unknown/XB-51 Gallery thanks to Doug Nelson: The cover of the April 1950 Air Trails Pictorial magazine with a pretty ominous XB-51.  Looks more like something from Germany in WWII!

Update: Hank Caruso was kind enough to share that the artist of the magazine cover was Frank Tinsley [...]

Capt. Thomas Stratton

Does the name ring a “bell” at all?  He’s the X-2 pilot from the Quantum Leap X-2 episode.  Jon Goto recently sent me a closeup of the X-2 mockup with the Captain’s name stenciled on it.  The photo has been added to the Photo Album.

Kincheloe Vs. White

OK, this frosts me a bit. The South Bend Tribune recently ran an article about Iven Kincheloe and Robert White, but I just found out they only keep stories online for a week.  Here’s a blurb I was able to grab from CollectSpace.com:

Who was the first man in space?

Cassopolis residents are [...]