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The Right Stuff is a 1979 book by Tom Wolfe about the pilots engaged in U.S. postwar research with experimental rocket-powered, high-speed aircraft as well as documenting the stories of the first astronauts selected for the NASA's Project Mercury program.
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
Ann G. Baumgartner Carl (August 27, 1918 – March 20, 2008) was an American aviator who became the first American woman to fly a United States Army Air Forces jet aircraft when she flew the Bell YP-59A jet fighter at Wright Field as a test pilot during World War II. [2]
Bedford was the first pilot to fly the Hawker P.1127, Kestrel, and Harrier. In addition to his land-based test pilot duties, he also pioneered the operation of V/STOL aircraft from a ship - the P.1127 on HMS Ark Royal in 1963. From 1968, he became the Sales Manager for Hawker Siddeley Aviation and later marketing manager when it became British ...
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.
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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.
George Jansen was a test pilot during the golden age of flight test at Edwards Air Force Base from the late 1940s through the 1950s. He not only flew as test pilot for many experimental planes such as the Douglas A2D Skyshark but also flew drop planes such as the B-29 Superfortress for other flight tests such as carrying the Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket piloted by Bill Bridgeman.