Pete

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Pete is the nickname of American test pilot and astronaut William "Pete" Knight, known for setting a world speed record in the X-15 rocket plane.

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Pete canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
aircraftFlown North American X-15 ⓘ
burialPlace Desert Lawn Memorial Park, Palmdale, California, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-11-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2004-05-07 ⓘ
dateOfRecordFlight 1967-10-03 ⓘ
educatedAt Butler University ⓘ
USAF Test Pilot School ⓘ
USC Viterbi School of Engineering ⓘ
employer United States Air Force ⓘ
fullName William John Knight ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup European American ⓘ
hasFamilyName Knight ⓘ
hasGivenName William ⓘ
hasHonor induction into the Aerospace Walk of Honor ⓘ
induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasNickname Pete ⓘ
knownFor setting a world speed record in the X-15 rocket plane ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
maximumSpeedAchieved Mach 6.7 ⓘ
maximumSpeedAchieved_kmh 7274 ⓘ
memberOf United States Air Force ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
notableWork X-15 flight 188 ⓘ
linked to: Bell X-15
occupation astronaut ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
test pilot ⓘ
partOf NASA X-15 research program crew ⓘ
placeOfBirth Noblesville, Indiana, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ventura, California, United States ⓘ
linked to: Ventura, California
politicalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
positionHeld mayor of Palmdale, California ⓘ
member of the California State Assembly ⓘ
receivedAward Air Medal ⓘ
Distinguished Flying Cross ⓘ
Harmon International Trophy ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
recordHeld fastest flight in a powered aircraft ⓘ
residence Palmdale, California, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spaceflightProgram X-15 program ⓘ
linked to: North American X-15

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