Lockheed / Kraft / Aircraft Corporation / Space Task Group / Langley Space Task Group / Ames / /
Continent
America / /
Currency
USD / /
Event
Person Travel / /
Facility
Indian Harbor / Langley Field hangar / Ohio University / Langley Research Center / Institute of Aeronautic Science Safety Award / Cleveland airport / Polytechnic Institute / Space Flight Center / /
Movie
Tommy / /
NaturalFeature
Cape Canaveral / Wallops Island / West Coast / /
Organization
Space Flight Center / National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics / Ohio University / Manned Spacecraft Center / Army Ballistic Missile Agency / Bureau of Aeronautics / Polytechnic Institute / Huntsville / United Fund / Kennedy Space Center / Lewis Research Center / Institute of Aeronautic Science Safety / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Air Force / Flight Safety Foundation / Langley Research Center / /
Person
CAROL BUTLER / Kevin Rusnak / Mel Gough / G. MERRITT PRESTON / Mustang / Abe Silverstein / Joe Walker / Armstrong / Howard Lily / Hemke / Kelly Johnson / /
Position
president / manager / project manager / mission director / flight director / BUTLER / director for Mercury / center director Preston Thompson / assistant chief / head / chief / engineer / project manager for Gemini but also the / center director / brilliant engineer / chairman / chief of the pre-flight operations division / titular head / pilot / director standing / member / first pilot / /
Product
B-57 / F-80 / Gemini / P-59 / /
ProvinceOrState
Ohio / Virginia / Alabama / Maryland / New York / Florida / California / /
ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT G. MERRITT PRESTON INTERVIEWED BY CAROL BUTLER INDIAN HARBOR BEACH, FLORIDA – 1 FEBRUARY 2000 BUTLER: Today is February 1, 2000. This oral history with G. Merritt Preston is being conducted at h