I met a guy that did the test flights of the Corsair with the upgrades big engines to outrun the Zeros. He said he could take off and be upside down over the airstrip at 1000 feet. I can barely imagine that. I also met a pilot that had the record for 283 missions flown by a fighter pilot in Vietnam. Normal guys put in extraordinary circumstances.
Good evening, mountainlion....those test pilots were something else. What a job...trying to see if it works, knowing that if it didn’t, things could be REALLY bad.
You’ve met some really cool folks.