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Léon Lemartin, the world's first professional test pilot, [1] under contract to Louis Blériot in c. 1910 Jimmy Doolittle in 1928 with his Curtiss R3C-2, around the time he pioneered blind flying Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1, first test pilot to break the sound barrier at Mach 1 in 1947 Neil Armstrong and the North American X-15 after a research test flight in 1960
Mikhail Vasilyevich Kozlov (Russian: Михаил Васильевич Козлов; 5 November 1928 – 3 June 1973) was a Soviet test pilot who received the title Hero of the Soviet Union and Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR for his work.
In 1935 he was appointed chief test pilot. [1] Shepherd was responsible for the first flight of many of the company's aero engines, including the Merlin, Kestrel and Griffon piston engines and the Nene and Avon jet engines. [3] After a serious illness in 1951 he relinquished his chief test pilot role and became an aviation consultant. [1]
At Messerschmitt he test piloted such famous aircraft as the Bf 109, the Me 262 jet fighter, and the Me 163 rocket plane. [2]: 3 Here is a partial list of aircraft he flew: [1]: v Bf 109; Messerschmitt Me 209; Messerschmitt Me 309; Me 210 - Me 410; Messerschmitt Me 261; Me 264 Amerikabomber contract contender
Hazelden left the RAF in 1947 and he was appointed as the chief test pilot of Handley Page. [1] Notably, he carried out the flight test development of the Hastings military transport, the Victor four-jet nuclear weapon carrying V bomber (and later tanker aircraft), and the Hermes and Dart Herald airliners.
Jerauld Richard "Jerry" Gentry (May 16, 1935 – March 3, 2003) was a United States Air Force (USAF) test pilot and Vietnam combat veteran. As chief USAF pilot of the Lifting Body Research Program, he helped validate the concept of flying a wingless vehicle back to Earth from space and landing it like an aircraft—an approach used by the Space Shuttle and to a greater degree by vehicles such ...
First American to fly a jet aircraft as a test pilot for Bell Aircraft [296] [297] James Stockdale: HF USN test pilot awarded the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War [298] Russell Thaw: HF First flight of the XF3D-1 [299] Frederick M. Trapnell: HF First US Navy pilot to fly a jet aircraft, co-founder of USN Test Pilot School [300] Roscoe Turner: HF
As a test pilot, he set a World Speed Record in an F4H-1 (F4B) Phantom. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He was the first American to fly the Marine Corps' new AV-8A Harrier jet, capable of vertical takeoff and landing, [ 4 ] orchestrating its procurement for the Marine Corps and oversee development of the concept during his career.