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XR-1D
SES Division
Rohr Chula Vista



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XR-1D first flight

SES Division Employee Newsletter
Issue 3 - December 3, 1975

Last Flight of XR-1C at the Coronado Bridge.

 

XR-1D
Photograph includes left to right:

Capt. Don Chambers (skipper); Kyoishi ("K") Abe - chief designer; Bob MacKinnon; Unk Front; George Clary, George Halvorsen, Navy SES Program Boss - wearing white sports jacket/suit/tie; Unk; Unk; John Kessler rear, Dave Roldness gray jacket/tie(?), N. Len Wener, XR-1 boss - wearing gray suit - front; John Barker; John Gacho, designer/draftsman - wearing checked jacket, Paul Smith rear, Goran FreskeNavy Capt (SESPO)?; Unk rear; Bob Sherman; James Cochrane; Unk check shirt; Unk rear; Ed Reichert; Henry Redmon rear; Unk front; Roger McAlpine;, Unk rear w/cap, Gerald Gurule - far right with beard, Unk front dark jacket open; and T. Heaton rear last.

 

Page 1-3 of the XR-1D engineering report.

Page 3-14 of the XR-1D engineering report.

back side of newsletter

 

 

Introduction to the XR-1D engineering report.

Page 2-5 of the XR-1D engineering report.

Page 5-4 of the XR-1D engineering report.

Page 8-18 of the XR-1D engineering report.

Submitted by John Kessler, June 2018.



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