Kelly Johnson strapped into the A-12 trainer also known as the Titanium goose. On August 27 1963 Kelly what is the first person to get a VIP ride. VIP ride means that you have to be trained on what to do when you’re strapped into a Blackbird and you have to pass a few tests. And you cannot be claustrophobic. Over the years there were many VIP rides given to dignitaries and politicians
Jack Womer (18 June 1917 - 28 December 2013) Then and Now! D-Day veteran Jack Womer is standing at the same door in Angoville-au-Plain/Normandy where he sat shortly after D-Day in 1944! Throughout his service in the 101st Airborne Division, Womer was assigned to the Demolitions Platoon of the 506th PIR Regimental Headquarters Company in the section known officially as the First Demolitions Section and nicknamed the Filthy Thirteen. Known for his astuteness in battle, which he attributed to his rigorous training by British Commandos while in the 29th Ranger Battalion, Womer was never injured in combat. Womer was among the members of the Filthy Thirteen who parachuted into Normandy, France, on 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy Invasion (Operation Overlord). He was the only one that remained in the Filthy Thirteen and participated in Operation Market-Garden in September 1944, the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, and the advance on Berchtesgaden, Germany, in 1945. At the time of his death on December 28, 2013, Womer was the last living member of the original Filthy Thirteen.