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One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Johnston helped develop the jet age at Bell Aircraft and Boeing. At Bell, he tested the XS-1, and at Boeing the XB-47 (the first six-jet engine bomber), the XB-52 bomber, and the 707 series of jets - including a famous barrel-roll above a crowd gathered for the Gold Cup Hydroplane Races in Seattle, Wash.
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Tex Johnston, Tex Johnston, George Wilson
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- Released
- 1992
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- Title
- Tex Johnston
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Tex Johnston, George Wilson
- Publisher
- Bantam Books
- Released
- 1992
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 055329587x
- ISBN13
- 9780553295870
- Series
- Tags
- True Stories, Biographies
- Rating
- 4.65 out of 5
- Description
- One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Johnston helped develop the jet age at Bell Aircraft and Boeing. At Bell, he tested the XS-1, and at Boeing the XB-47 (the first six-jet engine bomber), the XB-52 bomber, and the 707 series of jets - including a famous barrel-roll above a crowd gathered for the Gold Cup Hydroplane Races in Seattle, Wash.