Foreword by William Randolph Hearst, Jr. One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Johnston helped develop the jet age at Bell Aircraft and Boeing. At Bell, he tested the XS-1, and at Boeing the XB-47 (the first six-jet engine bomber), the XB-52 bomber, and the 707 series of jets -- including a famous barrel-roll above a crowd gathered for the Gold Cup Hydroplane Races in Seattle, Wash.
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Foreword by William Randolph Hearst, Jr. One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Johnston helped develop the jet age at Bell Aircraft and Boeing. At Bell, he tested the XS-1, and at Boeing the XB-47 (the first six-jet engine bomber), the XB-52 bomber, and the 707 series of jets -- including a famous barrel-roll above a crowd gathered for the Gold Cup Hydroplane Races in Seattle, Wash.
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Top10 on Any Aviation Enthusiast's Must Read List!
Ever wonder who barrel-rolled the prototype of the first successful passenger jet during the summer of 1955 over Lake Washington near Seattle WA? .... That is just one of the amazing stories from one of the most celebrated American test pilots, Tex Johnston, whose career spanned the Golden Age of aviation through the moon landings and beyond. His life is the very definition of "American Exceptionalism"....
An absolute "Must Read" book for pilots, aircrew members and any aviation enthusiast! Tex Johnston was a pilot's pilot (like my father and my great uncles)...To steal a quote from James A Michener.. "Such Men as These" ..... Where do We Get Such Men?
DAVID G
Feb 3, 2011
The Test pilot with Flair
Nobody could say that Tex died wondering!
His life is the stuff of mere mortal's dreams.
He grew up with many of the great men and women of American aviation.
This book reads like a day to day walk through the highlights of his unique and privileged lifestyle. What budding pilot would not "give a left leg to be in his shoes"!
The section of the book about his life and vital inputs at Boeing in the 1950s is a treasure for those who lived aviation at the dawn of the jet age.
Flying the early 4 engined military and civil jet aircraft was no armchair ride. So much was just learned by experience in that era. Modern aircraft are now so well mannered and have so much computerised support for today's jet aircraft.
This will remain an essential read for all budding airforce and airline pilots.
