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Tex Johnston: Tex Johnston (Paperback)

Tex Johnston

By A. M. Johnston

Smithsonian Books, 9781560989318, 274pp.

Publication Date: December 17, 2000


One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Tex Johnston flew the first US jet airplanes and, in a career spanning the 1930s through the 1970s, helped create the jet age at such pioneering aersospace companies as Bell Aircraft and Boeing.


A. M. "Tex" Johnston was a test pilot for Bell Aircraft and Boeing.

Praise For Tex Johnston: Tex Johnston…

“There seem to be two Tex Johnstons: the one who became legendary in 1955 for performing two barrel rolls with the Boeing 707 prototype . . . and the man who brought to flight testing a far more meticulous approach than had ever been used before. . . . Johnston is of the barnstorming generation . . . [and] in his memoir’s best moments you can smell the oil on the grass.”—Air & Space

“Fascinating reading.”—Aerospace
