172 - Rogers E. Smith: The Test Pilot Who Flew Everything

Rogers E. Smith is a Canadian-American pilot who served in the RCAF, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Air National Guard and spent a long career testing nearly every American fighter (and several Russian ones), despite never attending a formal test pilot school!

0:45 Intro
14:25 Bell X-22
16:50 Heading to NASA
27:17 Pure Research
31:54 SR-71B
45:41 SR-71 Fuel Story
56:04 X-29
1:05:39 Skunkworks
1:14:35 X-31 Air-to-Air
1:26:18 Patreon Questions
1:39:37 SR-71 & CIA
2:00:43 Callsign Story
2:03:05 Credits