The Patuxent River Naval Air Museum will unveil a new exhibit on April 12, 2025, celebrating 80 years of the U.S. Naval Test ...

Billy Mitchell brought the problem to McCook engineers. Floyd Smith, a former circus performer and a test pilot for Glenn Martin who later headed the Parachute Division at McCook, spearheaded ...

The Test Pilot School has been an instrumental part of Naval Air Station Patuxent River for the last eight decades, and a new ...

As the Army's lead experimental test pilot of the AH-64E Guardian aircraft ... provided to me and to so many aviators and flight test engineers in this room." As he retires, Meely leaves behind ...

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The next nine came from a similar background, with extensive test pilot experience and engineering degrees. The third cohort of astronauts included Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, a Ph.D. in Astronautics ...