William J. (Pete) Knight
Credit: USAF FLIGHT TEST CENTER
William J. (Pete) Knight, a decorated combat veteran who was the fastest fixed-wing pilot other than space shuttle astronauts, died May 7 in Duarte, Calif., of acute myelogenous leukemia. He was 74. Knight was a California state senator at the time of his death. On Oct. 3, 1967, as a U.S. Air Force...
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