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test pilot
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test pilot
a pilot who flies aircraft of new design to test their performance in the air


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After retiring from the Air Force, Smith stayed active in aerospace, serving as executive director of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and briefly as a test pilot with Fairchild Corp.
Test pilots were able to compensate sufficiently to fly and meet defined performance standards on intentionally crippled aircraft flight control designs.
I was pleased to be able to learn in an actual aircraft and felt privileged to be able to learn so much from the SSAC test pilots who personally participated in the certification of the aircraft.
 
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