Rogers E. Smith: the Test Pilot who flew Everything (ep. 172)
Rogers E. Smith is a Canadian-American pilot who served in the RCAF, #usmarinecorps and U.S. Air National Guard and spent a long career testing nearly every American fighter (and several Russian jets), despite never attending a formal test pilot school! 00:00:45 Intro 00:14:25 Bell X-22 00:16:50 Heading to NASA 00:27:17 Pure Research 00: 31:54 SR-71B 00: 45:41 SR-71 Fuel Story 00: 56:04 X-29 01:05:39 Skunkworks 01:14:35 X-31 Air-to-Air 01:26:18 Patreon Questions 01:39:37 SR-71 & CIA 02:00:43 Callsign Story #fighterpilot Podcast Website: https://www.fighterpilotpodcast.com/ Facebook: / fighterpilotpodcast Instagram: / fighterpilotpodcast Patreon: / ftrpltpdcst

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