#test pilot

[richardcameron]

Clark Gable and Myrna Loy in

Test Pilot (1938) dir. Victor Fleming

[hollywoodgems]

So stylish. Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy during the filming of Test Pilot, 1938.

[theloverwithoutaheart]

I dunno how much I'll actually get to draw with her for the time being since I'm kindaaa still super into you-know-who, but here's my MLP S/I :] her name's Calypso Colada (or just Callie is fine!) and he runs a fun drink shop.

... + base edit I did for fun (animepegasus on dA). And I used that to make her stand next to. Well. Surprise!

[red-dot-sight]

Historical development and test program patches from various U.S. agencies.

[evilhorse]

You would’ve made a great Challenger, Hal.

(Challengers of the Unknown Volume 5 #4)

[itemreceived]

God Hal in action 😍

[moonwatchuniverse]

55 years ago... 60 seconds bezel on NASA Speedmasters. NASA photo 71HC-677 is among the very first photos clearly showing a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster with "60 seconds" bezel... May 5, 1971. Apollo 15 "Moonwalkers" David Scott & James Irwin presenting the Geologic Rover, used in training at the artificially created Cinder Lake crater field in Arizona. Of course I won't reveal the exact moment how & when NASA presented the 60 seconds bezel and won't go on about the story (Gemini & Apollo 13 feedback), but You folks can read everything in my upcoming article revealing all about the practical "60 seconds" bezel as requested by NASA astronauts... (Photo: NASA)

[freetheshit-outofyou]

10 May 1967 Astronaut Steve Austin crashed his experimental aircraft in the California desert sustaining catastrophic injuries. Injuries that required advanced science to repair him, rebuild him, into the worlds first bionic man. Enough with the silliness. On 10 May 1967 the wingless NASA research aircraft M2-F2 Lifting Body piloted by Bruce Peterson crashed during testing. Peterson suffered a fractured skull, facial injuries and lost an eye due to secondary infection in the hospital.

Peterson was commissioned as a U.S. Marine Corps 2nd LT in 1954 and left the Marines in 1960 to become a NASA aeronautical engineer and later a test pilot.

(Peterson with Star Trek actor James Doohan talking about the M2-D2 Lifting Body in 1967) During the 16th glide flight of the M2-F2 Lifting Body a landing accident caused the aircraft to cartwheel over and over destroying the craft and almost killing Peterson. This is the clip seen in the intro to the 1973 movie The Six Million Dollar Man and its spinoff TV series. Peterson also flew 17 flights of the M2-F1, two other M2-F2 flights and one HL-10 Lifting Body flight. Over his flight career he logged over 6,000 flight hours in 68 different aircraft such as the Douglas F5D-1 Skylancer, North American F-100 Super Sabre, Lockheed F-104 Starfighter, General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark, Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star Variable Stability Trainer and many other aircraft. Bruce Peterson, passed 1 May 2006 at the age of 72 after a long illness.