The stereotypical image of a test pilot is a Yeageresque individual in a flight suit with a test card strapped to one knee, ...
Group Captain Roger Beazley, who has died on his 84th birthday, was one of the RAF’s leading test pilots during the Cold War, when he flew a wide range of combat aircraft and evaluated weapon systems; ...
Seven down. Three to go. Boom Supersonic—the developer of a 64-to-80-passenger commercial airliner that flies faster than the speed of sound—last week set speed and altitude records with its XB-1 test ...