MAY 1939

Test-flying the Sky Giants

This was the story

Allen, of Edmund T

pilot that became a test

among aviation popular

who manufacturers

his courted him for

knowledge. experience and

Before even starting

engines, he a plane’s

and could size it up

to determine whether

His fly it, or walk away.

in WWI flying days began

US government when the

him off to test-fly sent British. planes from the