Chief Test Pilots by Company

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Introduction

Note that some chief test pilots are titled "Chief Engineering Test Pilots", likely to distinguish them from chief production acceptance test pilots or chief test pilots of individual plants.

Note that some of the dates are not necessarily when the pilot started in his position, only when they were confirmed to have had the job.

Chief Test Pilots

Name Date
ACE
Joseph A. Meehan[1] 1931
Aeronca
Lou Wehrung[2] 1943
Allison
"Pinky" Grimes[3] 19XX
B. T. Hulse[4][5] 1945
American Eagle
Larry D. Ruch[6] 1930
Beechcraft
Ray C. Barker[7] 1930s
H. C. Rankin[8] 1941
Vern L. Carstens[9][10][11] 1941?-1956?
Bell
Homer Berry[12] 19XX-19XX
Robert M. Stanley[13] 1942
Jack Woolams[14] 1943
Alvin M. Johnston[15] 1946?
Jean L. Ziegler[16] 1953
Bellanca
George W. Haldeman[17] 1929
Stuart Chadwick[18] 19XX-1933
Boeing
Edmund T. Allen[19] 1940
Alvin M. Johnston[20] 1955
S.L. Wallick Jr.[21] 19XX-1986
Brewster
Woodward Burke[22] 1939-1944
Buhl
Jack Story[23] 1931
Cessna
Woods Rogers[24] 1930
Mort Brown[25] 1972
Columbia
John M. Miller[26] 1943-1945
Consolidated
William B. Wheatley[27] 1931-1941
Convair
Geo S. Oberdorf[28] 1945
Russell R. Rogers[29] 1947
Beryl A. Erickson[30] 1952
Richard L. Johnson[31] 1953
Culver
Don Walters[32] 1940
Cunningham-Hall
Paul D. Wilson[33] 19XX
Curtiss
Roland Rohlfs[34] 1919?
Temple N. Joyce[35] 1919?
Bert Acosta[36] 1921
Charles S. Jones[37] 1924
Curtiss-Wright
Earl K. Campbell[38] 19XX-19XX
Jimmy Collins[39] 19XX-19XX
William J. Crosswell[40] 19XX-19XX
H. Lloyd Child[41] 1940
E. E. Elliot[42] 1943
Herbert O. Fisher[43] 19XX-19XX
Dare
Tom Mitchell[44] 1929
Dayton-Wright
Howard Rinehart[45] 1920
Douglas
Carl A. Cover 1930
E. H. Veblen[46] 1938
John W. Cable[47] 19XX-1939
John F. Martin[48] 1948
William M. Magruder[49] 1961
Fairchild
Richard A. Henson[50][failed verification] 1947
Howard W. Nelson[51] 19XX-1977
Fisher Body
B. T. Hulse[52] 1944
Fokker (America)
Hugh Wells[53] 1928
Ford
Harry Brooks[54] 19XX-1928
Leroy Manning[55] 19XX-1931
Globe
Ted Yarbrough[56] 19XX-19XX
Goodyear
Don Armstrong[57] 1945
Grumman
Seldin Converse[58] 1943
Robert K. Smyth[59] 1967-19XX
Charles A. Sewell[59] 1971-19XX
Heath
Merle Lambert[60] 1931
Hiller
Frank W. Peterson[61] 1949
Huff-Daland
Luke Christopher[62] 1925
Interstate
E. G. Kidwell[63] 1941
Kaiser-Fleetwings
William Harry Engle[64] 19XX-19XX
Kellett
John M. Miller[65] 19XX-19XX
Keystone
Stanley Jacques[66] 1928
Kreider-Reisner
Clyde Gault[67] 1928
Laird
Ewing Brierly[68] 1928
Lincoln
Malcom S. Smith[69] 1930
Lockheed
Wiley H. Post[70] 19XX-1929
Herbert J. Fahey[71] 1930
W. H. Catlin[72] 1930
Marshall E. Headle[70] 1929-19XX
Milo G. Burcham 19XX-1944
Anthony W. LeVier 19XX-19XX
Herman R. Salmon 19XX-19XX
Mahoney
J. J. Herrington[73] 1928
Martin
Edward R. Fenimore[74] 19XX
William K. Ebel[75] 1942
McDonnell
Ed E. Elliot[76][77] 1944
Woodward Burke[78] 19XX
Robert Edholm[79] 1949
Robert C. Little[80] 1953
John E. Krings[81] 1962
McDonnell Douglas
Irv Burrows[82] 1972
Herman H. Knickerbocker[83] 1978-19XX
Mono
Verne Roberts[84] 1929
Moth
Ronald Smith[85] 1929
Al Krapish[86] 1929
North American
Paul B. Balfour[87] 19XX-1941
Robert C. Chilton[87] 1941-19XX
George S. Welch[88][89] 1947?-1953?
Joel R. Baker[90] 1954
Albert S. Crossfield, Jr.[91] 1955
Richard M. Wenzell[92] 19XX-19XX
Edward A. Gillespie[93] 1964-19XX
Robert W. Fero[94] 1966-19XX
Northrop
G. H. Irving[95] 1936
Vance Breese 1941
John W. Myers 1941
Lewis A. Nelson[96] 1952
Henry E. Chouteau[97] 1972
Richard G. Thomas[98] 1982
Darrell E. Cornell 19XX-1984
Northrop Grumman
Troy Johnson[99] 19XX-19XX
Packard
Walter Lees[100] 1930
Piper
Thomas Heffner[101] 19XX
John Patrick[102] 19XX-1979
Pitcairn-Cierva
James G. Ray[103] 1931
Pratt & Whitney
Lewis A. MacClain[104] 1931
Republic
George W. Burrell[105] 19XX-1942
Lowery L. Brabham[106][107] 1942
Joseph Parker[108] 19XX-19XX
Thomas Mason[109] 1958
Ryan
Robert Kerling[110] 19XX-1944
Al Conover[111] 1945
Sikorsky
Boris Sergievsky[112] 1936
Jimmy Viner[113] 1945?
Spartan
William Welborn[114] 1929
Star
Art Mills[115] 1930
Stearman
Fred Hoyt[116] 1928
Stinson
Al Scharn[117] 1943
Swallow
Jay Sadowsky[118] 1928
L. H. Connell[119] 1928
Taylorcraft
Ray Kirschler[120] 1951
Thomas-Morse
P. D. Wilson[121] 19XX
Travel Air
Clarence E. Clark[122] 1925-1930
Vega
Charles Langmack[123] 1942
Vought
Paul S. Baker[124] 1935
Lyman A. Bullard, Jr.[125] 1943
W. Paul Thayer 1949
John McGuyrt[126] 1954
John W. Konrad[127] 1955
Vultee
Frank Davis[128] 1942
Waco
Freddie Lund[129] 1927-19XX
Wright
Clarence D. Chamberlin[130] 1927
Leon Allen[131] 1929
Yunker
Harold McCrary[132] 1929

Plant Test Pilots

Name Date
Boeing
Pat Howard[133] 1943
Curtiss-Wright
Barton T. Hulse[134] 1941
Harvey Gray[135] 1943
Martin
Fred M. Bryant[136] 1943
North American
Vern T. Irons[137] 1942
Raymond B. Quick[138] 1942
Republic
Victor F. Pixey[139] 1942
Edmond B. Belches[140] 1942-1943
Vultee
Howard Kincheloe[141] 1943

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