Ed White's diploma from the United States Air Force Experimental Flight Test Pilot School, 12 x 9, awarded at Edwards Air Force Base on April 22, 1960, in full: "Captain Edward H. White, II is hereby awarded this Diploma having successfully completed a course in the Flight Techniques and Engineering Principles of Experimental Flight Testing as prescribed by Headquarters United States Air Force." Signed at the conclusion by Commandant Richard C. Lathrop and Commander John Wilson Carpenter III. Also includes White's personally-owned vintage glossy 9.25 x 7.5 class photograph, signed in fountain pen by 14 of the 16 pictured, including future astronaut Jim McDivitt; White did not sign, as this was his personal copy. Archivally mounted, matted, and framed under museum glass to an overall size of 19.25 x 25.25. In very good to fine condition, with some light damage to the edges and borders of the diploma, and scattered creasing to the signed photo.
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