Lt. Col. John P. Stapp has caught and passed a jet plane while riding his rocket-propelled sled to a record speed of 632 miles an hour. The daring HADC medical officer accomplished the feat in just ...
The heroes of early aviation were men who tested dubious airplanes to see if they would fly. or bailed out with questionable parachutes to see if they would open. Much of this work today is done by ...