Thompson, Milton O. (1992). At The Edge Of Space: The X-15 Flight Program, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London. External links NASA Images: Major Robert M. White is seen here next to the X-15 aircraft after a research flight Astronautix biography of Robert Michael White Spacefacts biography of Robert Michael White First Flight Society: Major Robert M. White Robert Michael White at the National Aviation Hall of Fame Veteran Tributes biography: Robert M. White "A Place called the Doumer Bridge", AIR FORCE Magazine, February 1988 Iven C. Kincheloe Awards 1924 births 2010 deaths United States Air Force generals United States Army Air Forces officers United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II United States Air Force personnel of the Korean War United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War American Korean War pilots American Vietnam War pilots Shot-down aviators American prisoners of war in World War II Recipients of the Air Force Cross (United States) Recipients of the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Recipients of the Silver Star Recipients of the Legion of Merit Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Recipients of the Air Medal American test pilots American aviation record holders Flight altitude record holders X-15 program National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees Collier Trophy recipients Harmon Trophy winners United States Air Force astronauts Recipients of the NASA Distinguished Service Medal Systems engineers American electrical engineers U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School alumni Air Command and Staff College alumni Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy alumni George Washington University School of Business alumni Polytechnic Institute of New York University alumni Aviators from New York (state) American World War II fighter pilots World War II prisoners of war held by Germany People who have flown in suborbital spaceflight Members of the American Philosophical Society