Charles Burlingame

[citation needed] He moved frequently as a son of an active-duty member of the United States Air Force, spending parts of his childhood in California and England.

[2] Burlingame graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the United States Naval Academy in 1971.

[3] In the Navy, upon receiving his naval aviator wings, he flew F-4 Phantom jets in Fighter Squadron 103 (VF-103) on board USS Saratoga.

He was an honor graduate of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) at NAS Miramar, California.

[7] Burlingame was the captain of American Airlines Flight 77, with First Officer David Charlebois, when it was hijacked and flown into the Pentagon.

Burlingame's name is located on Panel S-69 of the National September 11 Memorial 's South Pool, along with those of other passengers of Flight 77.
Burlingame's gravestone at Arlington National Cemetery