150322-4517WilliamKnight
In 1967, "Pete" Knight flew the X-15 rocket plane to Mach 6.7, setting a still-unbroken record for a manned airplane flight. He flew 253 missions in Vietnam and later served as vice commander of the flight test center at Edwards Air Force Base until his retirement in 1982. In politics as a Republican state senator, Knight was best-known as the author of Proposition 22, the successful 2000 ballot initiative that defined marriage as strictly between a man and a woman. Then Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, test pilot Chuck Yeager and astronaut Buzz Aldrin attended his funeral.
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