[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   IN REMEMBRANCE OF FITZHUGH FULTON

  (Mr. KNIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. KNIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the loss of a 
true American hero. Colonel Fitz Fulton lost his life on February 4 of 
this year, and we lost the true ``Dean of Flight Test.''
  The aerospace community mourns his passing. He had 23 years of 
service in the Air Force as a colonel and 20 years with NASA. Colonel 
Fulton was responsible for flying the YF-12 or, as some people would 
know, the SR-71, the XB-70, the B-52, and many other aircraft in his 
16,000 hours in the air.
  Where I got my connection to Colonel Fulton was he was the B-52 pilot 
for dropping my father in the X-15 in the middle 1960s during the 
record flights.
  I will always remember Colonel Fulton as honorable and one of those 
people that you just looked at those steely eyes and you knew that he 
had a true sense of commitment to this country and what we believe in, 
and this country will mourn his passing.

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