REUNION OF NAVY TEST PILOTS

NAVAL AVIATION NEWS
December 1962 REUNION OF NAVY TEST PILOTS GATHERING IS HELD AT PATUXENT, MD Published in the December 1962 issue of Naval Aviation News Photographer & Author Unknown
Nearly 500 former Navy test pilots converged on the Cedar Point Officers' Club in October to meet old classmates at the 14th annual Naval Test Pilot School reunion, Patuxent River, Md. Cdr. Douglas Birdsall, director of the school, and his staff were hosts. Those attending included members of every class from "Class 0" in 1948 to Class XXXII which graduated October 19. Honored guests were Lt. Lew Chatham and Lt. George Neal of the Blue Angels, Cdr. Forrest S. Petersen, former pilot of the X-15, and Lt. Charles N. Conrad, a newly selected astronaut. Both Cdr. Petersen and Lt. Conrad were formerly members of the Test Pilot School staff. The school has graduated more than 700 students, including Astronauts Cdr. Alan B. Shepard, LCol. John H. Glenn, Jr., USMC, LCdr. Malcolm Carpenter, and Cdr. W. M. Schirra, Jr. Blue Alumni Association Notes: The photos were not in the original article.

Lt. George Neal: Team member in 1962 flying #3 position, 1963 flying #4 position and 1964 flying #4 position.			Lt. Lew Chatham: Team member in 1961 flying #5 position, 1962 flying #5 position and 1963 flying #6 position.