Test pilot
Famous Test Pilot Anatoly Nikolaevich Kvochur – 1952-2024
Once described as “a pilot by the grace of God”, world renowned Soviet, later Russian, test pilot Anatoly Nikolaevich Kvochur died at the age of 71 following a long illness on April 16, 2024.
How did the BAC One-Eleven help pave safer air travel?
A debt owed: The BAC One-Eleven was one of the brilliant successes of British aviation – but its journey into service was marred by the loss of the prototype and its crew on October 22, 1963. Stephen Skinner recounts that dark day
VIDEO: F-35 test pilot reveals what the Lightning II is like to fly
In this final video Tony ‘Brick’ Wilson, Lockheed Martin’s Chief of Fighter Flight Operations and an F-35 test pilot, tells Key.Aero’s Dino Carrara what the Lightning II is like to fly and what makes the fighter so special
VIDEO: How a new F-35 is tested before delivery
In this second video Tony ‘Brick’ Wilson, Lockheed Martin’s Chief of Fighter Flight Operations and also an F-35 test pilot, describes to Key.Aero’s Dino Carrara the testing a Lightning II undergoes from rolling off the production line to delivery to the customer.
VIDEO: Discover the vital work of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 test pilots
Tony ‘Brick’ Wilson is Lockheed Martin’s Chief of Fighter Flight Operations, and also an F-35 test pilot. In the first of three videos he gives Key.Aero’s Dino Carrara an exclusive insight into the work of the company’s test pilots on the cutting-edge F-35 programme.
F-35 test pilot: How Lockheed Martin tests the 5th Gen Lightning II
Lockheed Martin’s Chief of Fighter Flight Operations, Tony ‘Brick’ Wilson, gave Dino Carrara an exclusive insight into the work of the company’s test pilots on the cutting-edge F-35 programme
Test pilot recounts SR-71 Blackbird's maiden flight
Warren E Thompson talked to Bob Gilliland, the man who took the awesome SR-71 Blackbird into the air for the very first time
Who was ‘Mach pioneer’ John Derry?
The life and career of John Derry, believed to be the first Briton to have exceeded the speed of sound in flight, is analysed by Robin Evans
Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown: Wings on my Sleeve
“The greatest test pilot who ever lived. A true inspiration.” British astronaut Tim Peake’s summation of Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown on the cover of Wings on my Sleeve should be enough to immediately sell anyone on this truly fabulous biography…
EXCLUSIVE: Flying the X-59 QueSST
In the second of a series of exclusive videos, Key.Aero speaks with Lockheed Martin's resident test pilot, Dan "Dog" Canin, who will be one of the few pilots to fly the X-59 QueSST low-boom demonstrator.