Hoover, Robert Bob (Yeager's "partner" -- who assisted Yeager. Next in rotation to fly the X-1, he would have flown that day, instead of Yeager, had Yeager's physical problem been known to authorities. Widely regarded by general aviation pilots as "world's best pilot.")
Johnston, Alvin Tex (fellow X-1 pilot; later famed Boeing test pilot, who rolled a 707 jetliner)
Cardenas, Robert L. (X-1 project boss; pilot of B-29 drop plane that carried Yeager's X-1 aloft)
