Tex Johnston Jet-Age Test Pilot

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.

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

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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Tex Johnston Jet-Age Test Pilot

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