Back in the 1940s and ´50s, Air Force Colonel John Paul Stapp just loooooved being a human guinea pig. One time, he flew in a airplane at 570 miles per hour, with the top down – just to see if it was ...
The heroes of early aviation were men who tested dubious airplanes to see if they would fly. or bailed out with questionable parachutes to see if they would open. Much of this work today is done by ...