Jacky Bowen

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  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor attacked by Japanese. United States enters World War II.
  • High School Graduation

    High School Graduation

    Jim was captain of the golf team in high school.

  • Army Air Corps Reserve

    Jim entered Civilian Pilot Training.
  • Pilot Instructor

    Pilot Instructor

    Completed the pilot training program and commissioned at Luke Field, Arizona.
  • World War II Ended

    World War II Ended

  • Cold War Began

    Date is approximate.

  • Germany

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  • Nuremberg Trials

    Nuremberg Trials

    Date is approximate.
  • Berlin Airlift

    Berlin Airlift

    Date is approximate.
  • Entered Georgia Tech

    Entered Georgia Tech

    Date is approximate.
  • Korean War

    Korean War

  • Georgia Tech Again

    Georgia Tech Again

    Date is approximate.

  • Survives a Plane Crash

    Date is approximate.
  • Graduates Georgia Tech

    Graduates Georgia Tech

    Mechanical Engineering BS Degree
  • Test Pilot - McDonnell

    Test Pilot - McDonnell

    Date is approximate.
  • Test pilot at Hughes

    Test pilot at Hughes

    Date is approximate.
  • Kennedy - Man on the Moon

    Kennedy - Man on the Moon

  • Jim #1 in B-58 Class

    Jim #1 in B-58 Class

    Date is approximate.
  • YF-12A Test Pilot Lockheed

    YF-12A Test Pilot Lockheed

    Date is approximate.
  • John Glenn Mercury 7

    John Glenn Mercury 7

    First American to Orbit the Earth
  • A-12 First Flight

    A-12 First Flight

    Pilot: Lou Schalk
    Chase Plane: Jim Eastham
  • Cuban Missile Crisis

    Cuban Missile Crisis

  • YF-12A First Flight

    YF-12A First Flight

    Pilot: Jim Eastham
    Chase Plane: Lou Schalk
  • President Kennedy Assassinated

    President Kennedy Assassinated

  • President Johnson announced YF-12A

  • SR-71 First Flight

    SR-71 First Flight

    Pilot: Bob Gilliland
    Chase Planes: Jim Eastham and Two AF Pilots

  • Jim flew YF-12A at Mach 3.23

  • YF-12A Official Speed and Altitude Records

  • A-12 Unofficial Speed and Altitude Records

    Pilot Ken Collins flew at Mach 3.29 and 94,000 feet.
  • NASA Used two YF-12s for Testing

    NASA Used two YF-12s for Testing

  • First Step on Moon

    First Step on Moon

    Neil Armstrong