Test pilots risk their lives piloting new aircraft, racing cars, airplanes, rockets for the first time... The test pilot must be very brave and never lose cold blood.
Every time a new vehicle is invented (hovercraft, gyroplane, rocket, monorail or supersonic plane), it is necessary to check its possibilities. Specialists, the test pilots, are in charge of handling the prototypes to highlight their qualities and defects and to know their maximum degree of manageability. The first pilots are revealing. The reactions and observations of the test pilot allow the necessary improvements to be made to the prototype, before it is mass-produced.
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| Chuck Yeager test pilot |
