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Edmund Turney Allen (January 4, 1896 – February 18, 1943) was a pioneer of modern flight test who flew for nearly every major American aircraft manufacturer and took some of the most famous planes of all time up for their first flights.
18 de fev. de 2024 · Edmund T. “Eddie” Allen, Director of Aerodynamics and Flight Research, was in command, with Al Reed, Chief of Flight Test and Chief Test Pilot, as co-pilot. They climbed to 6,000 feet (1,829 meters) and began testing the XB-29’s stability and control, control power and response, and stall characteristics.
Allen was a test pilot, working for many manufacturers, including Boeing. He was the test pilot for the first flight of the Boeing C-75 Stratoliner (Model 307), circa December 1938. Allen was killed when the Boeing B-29 prototype he was flying crashed on February 18, 1943 in Seattle, Washington.
At the controls was Edmund T. Allen, the most experienced test pilot at Boeing and perhaps in the entire aviation industry. But the new plane was on fire, and this time, even the great...
Edmund T. "Eddie" Allen, a pioneer of modern flight test and arguably the greatest test pilot ever, flew for nearly every major aircraft manufacturer and took some of the most famous planes of all time up for their first flights.