Kenneth O. Chilstrom
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Kenneth Oscar Chilstrom was a United States Air Force officer, combat veteran, test pilot, and author. He was the first USAF pilot to fly the XP-86 Sabre, chief of fighter test at Wright Field, comman
Chilstrom in 1961
Captured Fw 190
XP-86 in flight over the Mojave Desert in 1947
WWII aviators Ken Chilstrom and Tom Horton at an OBPA luncheon in 2014
Albert Boyd
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Albert G Boyd was a pioneering test pilot for the United States Air Force. During his 30-year career, he logged more than 23,000 hours of flight time in 723 military aircraft. When he retired in 1957,
Kenneth O. Chilstrom
…of the Flight Test Division, recommended Chilstrom fly the Bell X-1 on the historic mission to break the sound barrier, but division commander Colonel Al Boyd wanted Chilstrom as project officer for the XP-86 Sabre. Chilstrom was the first Air Force officer to test the XP-86, and by December 1947 had completed…
Major General Albert Boyd (USAF Photo)