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Gilbert Defer 1935-2017
Gilbert Defer had flown 70 different aircraft totaling 8500 hours of flying time 1450 on Concorde He was a fighter pilot in the French Air Force and became experimental test pilot, French Government....
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Richard A. Henson 1910-2002
Richard A. Henson was born in 1910 in Hagerstown, Md., and was raised in the village of Paramount by Frank and Ora Belle Henson -- both of whom were business owners. Their influence upon their third...
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Capt Robert Langley
Capt. Robert Langley served in the R.A.F. from 1941-46, and was awarded a D.F.C. in 1944. Was an instructor at Upper Heyford in 1944, and was seconded to B.O.A.C on contract until 1952, when he joined...
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Vergil C.Givens 1925-2019
After graduating from Union High School at age 16, he attended West Virginia Tech before entering the United States Military Academy, where he graduated in 1945. Vergil served as a USAF Fighter pilot...
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James Barnum Reichert was a senior research specialist for Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, he passed away 23rd May 1995. Jim worked for the Lockheed Skunk Works from 1977 to 1995 and made major material...
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Thomas Walter Gillespie 1924-2017
Tom Gillespie enrolled in college on a football scholarship at Virginia Polytechnic Institute VPI (VA Tech) and to the flight training school offered by the Navy V- 5 at VPI. Due to World War II, he...
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Van H. Shepard 1925-1970
Van Shepard rose from a humble upbringing in the Great Depression to pursue his lifelong passion for aviation. After receiving his Army Air Forces pilot's wings in World War II, he became a test pilot...
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William ‘Bill’ Magruder 1923-1977
During his five years with the Air Force, Mr. Magruder, a graduate of the Air Force's Experimental Test Pilot School, supervised the engineering, and evaluated the performance, of such aircraft as the...
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S/Ldr Arthur Robert Moore DFC* 19xx-1989
Bob Moore climbing into prototype J-29 before its maiden flight in 1948Arthur Robert Moore joined the RAFVR about May 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot. Called up on 1st September 1939, he continued his...
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Joseph 'Joe' Parker 1909-1945
Joseph Parker was chief test pilot and Director of Flight Operations at Republic Aviation. He was killed when the P-47N Thunderbolt he was flying crashed on take off from the airfield on the island of...
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Richard 'Dick' N. Rumbelow
Richard 'Dick' N. Rumbelow joined Hunting Aircraft in April 1957 after serving in the RAFfrom 1951. He was with No 208 Sqn in the Middle East from 1953 to 1955, then a flying instructorfor the...
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Ian A. Forbes 1920-xxxx
Ian Forbes learned to fly in 1937 aged 17 and was an instructor and V.I.P. pilot in A.T.A. during the war years. He joined the Miles brothers in 1946 as test pilot and aircraft sales manager. The...
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James ‘Jaimie’ Richard Talbot 1909-1945
Born in 1909 in Collinstown, Co Westmeath, near Lough Lene. He joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve in 1936 which was colloquially called the “Wavy Navy”, after the 3/8th-inch Wavy Sleeve ‘Rings’...
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