#test pilot

[imaginal-ai]

"Test Pilot Pin-Up" (0001)

(The Skyward Series)

[moonwatchuniverse]

March 1, 1924... remembering Donald “Deke” Slayton Would be 100th birthday for USAF pilot/astronaut Donald "Deke Slayton, selected a NASA astronaut in 1959, USAF Captain Donald Slayton became one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. However centrifuge training electrocardiodiagrams pointed out he had a heart condition, so he became chief of the astronaut office, deciding on crew planning for the Gemini and Apollo programs. In March 1972, NASA announced that Slayton had returned to flight status and in this way he became DMP - Docking Module Pilot for the historic Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in July 1975. Wristwatch-wise, Donald Slayton wore a lot of watches (Accutron, Breitling, Bulova, Omega,...)  and he was the first of the NASA astronauts to be spotted wearing an Omega Speedmaster CK2998-4 in December 1962. By June 1963, three NASA astronauts (Donald Slayton, Walter Schirra & Leroy Cooper) had a personal Speedmaster CK2298. Although bezelless since June 1963, Slayton kept wearing his Speedmaster CK2298 untill June 1965. Note in this 1991 portrait, Donald Slayton wore his Gold "Apollo 11" tribute Omega Speedmaster BA 145.022-69 n° 27 chronograph on yellow Gold bracelet awarded in November 1969. (Photo: Pam Francis portraits)

[dronescapesvideos]

X-15 rocket aircraft. "The Right Stuff". From Pearl Harbor to test pilot, to the Apollo program. A rare interview with Scott Crossfield

VIDEO ➤➤https://youtu.be/x5ALRclpguQ

[nocternalrandomness]

Mildred “Micky” Axton

Mildred “Micky” Axton was the first woman to pilot a Boeing B-29 Superfortress heavy bomber on May 4 1944 according to Boeing Aircraft Archives

[aviationgeek71]

Test pilots Lt. Col. Henry E. Warden (left) and Captain Glen W. Edwards (right) at Muroc Army Airfield, California. Edwards was later killed in the crash of Northrup YB-49. In 1950, Muroc Army Airfield was renamed in his honor to Edwards Air Force Base.

[nerds-yearbook]

Quantum Leap premiered on March 26, 1989. In New Mexico in 1995, Dr Sam Beckett fearing he would have his project shut down made a test run of his time machine. He "leaped" into the body of test pilot Tom Stratton in September 13, 1956. ("Genesis", Quantum Leap, TV Event)

[the-myrna-loy-blog]

Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy in a publicity photo for the great 1938 film Test Pilot.

[cbatue57]

Animation Progress Part 3

So I took a break from posting due to the Easter Weekend, but I’m back!

And now I’m working on more scenes for the test pilot! Hopefully this section will be completed before summer comes.

[theworldatwar]

Test pilot Rudolf Opitz works on his Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet. It remains the only operational rocket powered fighter aircraft in history and the first piloted aircraft of any type to exceed 1,000 kilometres per hour (620 mph) in level flight. In 1944 unofficial records show he reached a top speed of over 1200kmh (745 mph)

[imaginal-ai]

"Test Pilot Pin-Up" (0002)

(More of the Skyward Series)

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[moonwatchuniverse]

60 years ago… Deke Slayton In November 1963, Donald "Deke" Slayton resigned from his commission in the US Air Force after he was permanently disqualified from flying in space and became a civilian executive for NASA, becoming director of Flight Crew Operations in early 1966. On March 13, 1972, after a medications treatment, NASA announced that Deke Slayton had returned to flight status. In July 1975, Slayton flew as Docking Module Pilot during the historic Apollo-Soyuz Test Project mission. Photos show that Slayton had been wearing Accutron & Accutron “Astronaut” pilot watches between 1962 and 1973. (Photo: NASA)

[dronescapesvideos]

Eric Brown Landing On An Experimental Flexible Rubber Deck On A Carrier In A Modified Vampire Jet Fighter, 1948. Eric "Winkle" Brown also landed the first jet aircraft on a carrier, among his numerous accomplishments.

➤➤ ERIC BROWN PLAYLIST: https://dronescapes.video/EricBrown ➤➤HD IMAGE: https://dronescapes.video/Vampire

[nocternalrandomness]

"The Real Right Stuff" by aerospace artist Bob McCall

One of aerospace artist Bob McCall's last works was a portrait of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong. Called "The Real Right Stuff," the painting depicts Armstrong during his early NASA career when he was an X-15 research pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center, now the Dryden Flight Research Center.

[aviationgeek71]

The YB-43 (the "Y" indicating a pre-production aircraft). Major Arthur "Kit" Murray (right) was among the test pilots who flew the YB-43.

[danu2203]

CHUCK YEAGER...FIRST MAN TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER...