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I had been assigned to Wright Field as a test pilot in 1939 when it was common in the aviation industry for a military test pilot to know the company's top echelon intimately which I did. Lee Atwood had become Dutch Kindelberger's right arm.
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the F-86 SabreJet fighter, which exhibited a superiority of 10-to-1 or better against Russian MIGS in Korea. From this record it is clear how, as one of the founders of North American Aviation, Inc., in 1934, Lee Atwood became a living legend early in his aerospace career.
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Lee Atwood was a hands-on aviation leader for forty-two years, beginning when he joined the Army Air Corps at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, straight out of college in 1928. Lee in every respect earned the honors and awards that he received during his lifetime.
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10 MEMORIAL TRIBUTES Honorary degrees: · Eng.D., Stevens Institute of Technology; · LL.D., Pepperdine University and Clark University; · Litt.D., Waylanct Baptist College; and · Sc.D., National University. He was an honorary fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a member of the Air Force Association, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
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