Tex Johnston Jet-Age Test Pilot

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Pub. Date: 2000-12-17
Publisher(s): Smithsonian Books
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Summary

One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Tex Johnston flew the first US jet airplanes and, in a career spanning the 1930s through the 1970s, helped create the jet age at such pioneering aersospace companies as Bell Aircraft and Boeing.

Author Biography

A. M. "Tex" Johnston was a test pilot for Bell Aircraft and Boeing.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
William Randolph Hearst, Jr.
First Flights
1(18)
Barnstorming
19(12)
Instructing and Ferrying
31(12)
Test Pilot Beginnings
43(14)
The First U.S. Jet
57(14)
Swept Wings and Rocket Power
71(14)
Cobra I and II: The Thompson Trophy
85(16)
Remote Control and Swept-wing Tests
101(6)
The X-1
107(12)
Bell Helicopters
119(8)
The Move to Boeing
127(6)
The XB-47
133(26)
The B-52 Program
159(12)
Problems and Prospects
171(8)
KC-135 Jet Tanker and the Dash 80 Jet Transport
179(14)
Public Relations, Hot Brakes and Flutter, and the 707 Barrel Roll
193(22)
707 Certification and Pan Am Route Survey
215(8)
The Russian Tu-104 and the 707 European Round-robin
223(6)
Transition Problems and Sales Trips
229(6)
Air India
235(10)
Accidents and Consequences
245(14)
Dyna Soar and Apollo
259

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