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This day in Aviation History:
It has been 67 years since Capt. Milburn G. "Mel" Apt piloted a Bell X-2 to more than three times the speed of sound during a flight that cost the cool-headed aviator his life.

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Starbuster: 55 years ago Capt. Mel Apt conquered Mach 3, lost life on fated flight

It has been 55 years since Capt. Milburn G. "Mel" Apt piloted a Bell X-2 to more than three times the speed of sound during a flight that cost the cool-headed aviator his life.On Sept. 27, 1956,

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