The other day the test pilot landed me in a group of trees on a strip of aluminium of 50 sq.
The aeroplanes had usually one person on board and that was the pilot, who was often a test pilot.
My marriage to a test pilot in 1963 kept my interest in aviation alive.
We are delighted to know that, and we congratulate both the makers and the test pilot on this fine achievement, but when will they be in the squadrons?
He was also an influential tactician and test pilot.
Then a program of specified flight conditions and maneuvers was flown by an experienced test pilot.
He was assigned chief test pilot for bomber aircraft and flew all prototypes of that class for the next four years.
The test pilot parachuted to safety and suffered only minor injuries.