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Albert Scott Crossfield
Albert Scott Crossfield, known as Scott Crossfield, was an American test pilot who first flew faster than Mach 2 in 1953 and made the initial flights of the X-15.
Alvin M. Johnston
Alvin M. "Tex" Johnston was an American test pilot who flew the first flights of the Boeing B-52 prototype and barrel-rolled the 707's Dash 80 prototype in 1955.
Bob Hoover
Bob Hoover, full name Robert Anderson Hoover, was an American fighter and test pilot who escaped a POW camp in a stolen Fw 190 and flew chase for Chuck Yeager in 1947.
Chuck Yeager
Chuck Yeager, or Charles Elwood Yeager, was an American Air Force test pilot and World War II fighter ace who first broke the sound barrier in 1947.
Dick Rutan
Richard Glenn "Dick" Rutan was an American aviator and Air Force pilot who, with Jeana Yeager, flew the first nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in 1986.
Ed Dwight
Ed Dwight, born Edward Joseph Dwight Jr. in 1933, is an American sculptor and retired Air Force pilot who became the oldest person in space in 2024.
Michael J. Adams
Michael J. Adams (Michael James Adams) was an American Air Force test pilot who flew the X-15 seven times and died in its only fatal crash, in 1967.
Najeeb Halaby
Najeeb Halaby was an American naval aviator who made the first transcontinental jet flight in 1945 and led the Federal Aviation Agency and Pan Am.