Editing Test pilot (section)

==Notable test pilots ''(partial list)''==
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*[[Milburn G. Apt|Milburn Apt]], first U.S. Air Force test pilot to fly faster than Mach 3
*[[Eric Brown (pilot)|Eric "Winkle" Brown]], flew more aircraft types than any other pilot
*[[Albert Scott Crossfield|Scott Crossfield]], chief test pilot at North American Engineering
*[[David Davies (test pilot)|David P. Davies]], chief test pilot for the UK Civil Aviation Authority
*[[Tony LeVier]], chief engineering test pilot at Lockheed Corporation
*[[Chuck Yeager]], first pilot to break the sound barrier in level flight
*[[Fernando Alonso (engineer)|Fernando Alonso]], former Head of Airbus Flight Test
*[[Hanna Reitsch]], WWII German aviator and test pilot
*[[Joseph Summers|'Mutt' Summers]], first to fly the [[Supermarine Spitfire]]
*[[Alex Henshaw]], WWII British test pilot, [[air racer]] and author
*[[Aleksandr Fedotov (pilot)|Aleksandr Fedotov]], first Soviet pilot to reach Mach 3
*[[Vladimir Ilyushin]], first Soviet pilot to fly the [[Su-27]]
*[[Viktor Pugachev]], first public performer of the [[Cobra maneuver]]
*[[Anatoly Kvochur]], Soviet/Russian test pilot known for aerobatics in [[Su-27]] and [[MiG-29]]
*[[André Turcat]], French test pilot and first to fly the [[Concorde]]
*[[Brian Trubshaw]], first British pilot to fly the Concorde
*[[Svetlana Savitskaya]], Soviet/Russian test pilot, [[cosmonaut]] and politician
*[[Toktar Aubakirov]], Soviet test pilot first Kazakh in space
*[[Geoffrey de Havilland Jr|Geoffrey de Havilland]], first to fly the [[de Havilland Mosquito|Mosquito]]
*[[Pavel Vlasov]], Soviet/Russian test pilot known for aerobatics in [[MiG-29]]OVT
*[[Alvin M. Johnston]], aka "Tex", test pilot for Boeing famously "Dutch" rolled 707 prototype