Test Pilot
Test pilots work on developing, evaluating and proving experimental aircraft.
Notable Test Pilots
Some notable test pilots include:
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- Brigadier General Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager, who is most thought of when people think of a "test pilot"
- Scott Crossfield, Yeager's direct rival
- George Welch, a test pilot for North American Aviation, who some contest broke the sound barrier before Yeager.
- Gerry Sayer Flt Lt PEG 'Gerry' Sayer test-piloted Britain's first jet aircraft for in 1941 Sir Frank Whittle.
- Neil Armstrong, X-15 pilot and first man on the moon
- "Tex" Johnston, who piloted the Boeing 707 prototype
- André Edouard Turcat, who piloted the Concorde prototype
- Mike Melvill, first privately-funded pilot in space
- Eric "Winkle" Brown
- Hanna Reitsch
- Joe Walker, X-15 pilot, first to reach the internationally-recognized boundary to space in a spaceplane
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Qualifications |
| ► | History |
| ► | Notable Test Pilots |
| ► | See also |
| ► | References |
| ► | External links |
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