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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-016-007-p0053
Roll-out ceremonies of the X-19 VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft. Six men representing the three branches of the military and the Curtiss-Wright Corporation stand in front of the X-19. Identified as standing left to right are: Major General Robert G. Ruegg of the Aeronautical Systems Division, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base; Honorable Alexander H. Flax, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force; Brigadier General Godfrey McHugh, Air Force Aide to the President; Chairman and President of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation T. Roland Berner; Rear Admiral C.T. Booth of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Department of the Navy; and Brigadier General David B. Parker of the United States Army. A group of unidentified men stand in the background. The aircraft was constructed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, under a tri-service agreement between the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Mr. Berner sent this photograph and one other to President John F. Kennedy with a letter dated August 13, 1963, expressing the Corporation's desire to develop the plane into a Presidential aircraft.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-016-007-p0051
Roll-out ceremonies of the X-19 VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft. General Godfrey T. McHugh, Air Force Aide to the President, stands next to the X-19. The aircraft was constructed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation of Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, under a tri-service agreement between the Army, Navy, and Air Force. T. Roland Berner, Chairman and President of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation, sent this photograph and one other to President John F. Kennedy with a letter dated August 13, 1963, expressing the Corporation's desire to develop the plane into a Presidential aircraft.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-069a-003-p0008
President John F. Kennedy and Air Force aide General Godfrey McHugh standing next to a model of the Gemini spacecraft in the White House Cabinet Room. The President is writing on a piece of paper while McHugh looks on. Military aide Brig. General Chester V. Clifton (C.V. Clifton) is standing in the background. This photograph is held in the Robert Knudsen (Office of the Naval Aide to the President) series, White House Photographs collection (see KN-C26342).