Heroes
The voiceover in the introduction to the film 'The Right Stuff' ends with the line: "They were called test pilots - and nobody knew their names".
Well, I did. at 12 years old! I knew most of the well know British and American test pilots and which aircraft they flew because I studied aviation books from the local library and copies of RAF Flying Review when I should have been doing homework. This was not unknown in the mid 1950s.
Ah yes, Peter Twiss, Fairey Delta 2, 1,132 mph, 10th March 1956, and I didn't just consult anything.
Polecat