William J. “Pete” Knight, a former Air Force test pilot who as a Republican state senator led the charge against gay marriage in California with a successful statewide initiative in 2000 ...

State Sen. William J. "Pete" Knight, a former record-setting test pilot who gained national attention authoring California's ban on gay marriage, died Friday night after a battle with leukemia.

William J. “Pete” Knight, the storied military test pilot and salty-tongued veteran of California’s culture wars who died May 7 at age 74. As a Republican legislator representing the ...

Blackbird gets all the press, the rocket-powered X-15 has its own richly deserved place in the aviation history record books: ...

The high school was named after test pilot and politician William Joseph "Pete" Knight. The school has received much recognition for its band program which has placed first place in many parades ...