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Web site friend & contributor Bart Vandamme just emailed me the other day about a new book he has written. Here’s a quick overview! The book is currently written in Dutch and is waiting for a translation in English… My book ‘de snelste mens ter wereld’ chronicles the life and achievements of 21 pilots ranging from [...] A Craft X-2 model kit is going up for sale on ebay on Sunday night, July 18. Look for seller “rmtc99.” Seller has also informed me that he’ll be selling other vintage kits over the next few weeks. If you found out about the tip from here and win the auction, send me a few [...] 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. 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. 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 [...] Sad news to pass along – I recently learned that Robert A. Rohrer passed away January 18. Bob was a friend of the Web site, offering a number of his never before seen color X-2 and Toward the Unknown photos for the site. Bob was a pleasure to work with and I always enjoyed swapping [...] Read about my visit to the X-2 crash site this past October.
It looks like Life magazine continues to scan their collection of photos. I just completed a search for X-2 and ran into some new pictures, many also from their Air Age story. In addition to the X-2, it looks like new photos of Pete Everest, Iven Kincheloe, Fitz Fulton, program members & more are appearing. Thanks to J. Goto for sending over some great photos of the X-2 mockup used in the television show Quantum Leap. Photos #1 and 2 The pics are from October 1994 at the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, CA. The mockup is still there today, but in pretty bad condition. Finding good, technical details of the X-2 is difficult, but that has changed. Edward Williams has self-published a booklet with plenty of photos, drawings, and schematics to make X fans happy. The publication is an update of Bell’s own X-2 Technical Review from the 50s. You can purchase the 41 page book online or download/print yourself [...] |
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