Eric Winkle Brown, the Little Scot Who Flew Four Hundred and Eighty-Seven Types and Put the First Jet on a Carrier Deck
How Eric 'Winkle' Brown flew 487 aircraft types and made the first jet carrier landing in history.
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Tex Johnston, the Dash Eighty, and the Barrel Roll Over Lake Washington That Sold the Jet Age
How Boeing test pilot Tex Johnston barrel-rolled the $16 million Dash 80 prototype over Seattle in 1955 and sold the world on the jet age.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, the Pilot's Pilot, the Stolen Focke-Wulf, and the Glass of Iced Tea He Poured While Rolling a Shrike Commander
The story of Bob Hoover, the 'pilot's pilot' who poured iced tea while barrel-rolling and stole a Focke-Wulf to escape a WWII POW camp.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, the Iced Tea Barrel Roll, and the Test Pilot Who Stole a Focke-Wulf One Ninety to Escape a German Prison Camp
The story of Bob Hoover - POW escapee, X-1 backup pilot, and the airshow legend who poured iced tea during a barrel roll.
TaildraggerTex Johnston, the Dash Eighty, and the August Afternoon in Nineteen Fifty-Five He Rolled a Jetliner Over Lake Washington in Front of Everybody Who Could Fire Him
How Boeing test pilot Tex Johnston barrel-rolled the Dash 80 prototype over Lake Washington in 1955 and helped launch the jet age.
TaildraggerNeil Williams and the Folded Wing, the Aerobatic Champion Who Rolled a Crippled Zlin Inverted to Hold His Own Broken Spar in Place All the Way Down to the Grass
How British aerobatic champion Neil Williams saved a Zlin with a folded wing in 1970 by flying it inverted and landing upside down.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, the Green Shrike Commander, and the Cup of Iced Tea He Poured While Rolling a Twin-Engine Airplane Upside Down
How Bob Hoover poured iced tea while rolling a twin-engine Shrike Commander upside down - and what it teaches every pilot about energy management.
TaildraggerBob Hoover, the Iced Tea Pour, and the Shrike Commander He Rolled Off Both Runways With Both Engines Shut Down
How Bob Hoover poured iced tea mid-barrel-roll and flew dead-stick loops in a business twin - the story of aviation's greatest stick-and-rudder pilot.
TaildraggerThe North American X Fifteen, the Rocket Plane That Flew to the Edge of Space on Stubby Wings and Taught Us How to Fly Where the Air Runs Out
The North American X-15 flew to Mach 6.7 and the edge of space, pioneering the hypersonic and reentry technology behind every spacecraft that followed.
VectorTex Johnston Rolls the Dash Eighty, the Day Boeing's Chief Test Pilot Barrel-Rolled a Jet Transport Over Lake Washington to Sell the Jet Age
Radio Hangar explores Tex Johnston Rolls the Dash Eighty, the Day Boeing's Chief Test Pilot Barrel-Rolled a Jet Transport Over Lake Washington to Sell the Jet Age.
TaildraggerTex Johnston and the Barrel Roll That Sold the Jet Age
On August 7, 1955, Boeing test pilot Tex Johnston rolled a prototype jet airliner twice over Lake Washington, executing one of the most consequential demonstrations in aviation history.
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