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Flying the Roc! – Stratolaunch test pilot Evan Thomas on flying the world’s largest operational airplane
The first time Stratolaunch test pilot and director of flight operations Evan Thomas beheld the company’s massive six-engine, high-wing, twin-fuselage, payload-launch aircraft, he was “a bit daunted.” “I’ll be honest, the first time I looked at it I went, ‘Wow! I don’t know that I can fly that. That’s going to be a real challenge!’” That’s quite an observation from a test pilot who commanded the U.S. Air Force’s F-22 Combined Test Force and has...
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