Lt. Colonel Fitzhugh L. Fulton, Jr.'s distinguished career included pilot duty with the military, with NASA, and with private industry. After attending Auburn University, he joined the Army Air Corps in Montgomery in 1943. He flew 225 Berlin Airlift missions in the C-54, and logged 55 combat sorties over North Korea in the B-26. As a test pilot, his experimental flight testing included flying the B-58, the XB-70, the YF-12, and the NASA B-747 Space Shuttle carrier. He also performed first flights on several turbine powered aircraft for a private research program. Fulton has logged more than 17,000 hours in 240 aircraft types. His honors include 4 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 5 Air Medals, the Harmon Trophy as the "World's Outstanding Aviator for 1962", and the Ivan C. Kincheloe Award as "Test Pilot of the Year" in 1977. Fulton is currently a nominee to the National Aviation Hall of Fame.