In article >,
"Mycroft" <david > wrote:

> While I was watching the Scrap heap challenge that pitted the UK,
> France & the US against each other to build an aircraft (Powered
> flight centenary prog) the US pilot said this was his 96th aircrft
> type he had flown. I was wondering if it is know who if anyone has
> the record for most aircraft types & how many types have the pilots
> here flown?

As a reference, Chuck Yeager had supposedly flown over 330 types and
models of aircraft as of his retirement... and that was 28 years ago.

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Slam on brakes accordingly.

"Mycroft" <david > wrote in message
...
> While I was watching the Scrap heap challenge that pitted the UK, France &
> the US against each other to build an aircraft (Powered flight centenary
> prog) the US pilot said this was his 96th aircrft type he had flown. I was
> wondering if it is know who if anyone has the record for most aircraft
types
> & how many types have the pilots here flown?
>
> Myc
>

According to the Guinness book of records its the British
test pilot Eric "Winkle" Brown who has flown more than 500
types.

He has also written a LOT of articles and several books over
the years. He flew 55 German types alone including the ME-262
Berlin B 9, Horten IV, DO 335 and Heinkel HE 162 Volksjäger

Keith

>From: Chad Irby
>Date: 12/19/2003 5:03 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>In article >,
> "Mycroft" <david > wrote:
>
>> While I was watching the Scrap heap challenge that pitted the UK,
>> France & the US against each other to build an aircraft (Powered
>> flight centenary prog) the US pilot said this was his 96th aircrft
>> type he had flown. I was wondering if it is know who if anyone has
>> the record for most aircraft types & how many types have the pilots
>> here flown?
>
>As a reference, Chuck Yeager had supposedly flown over 330 types and
>models of aircraft as of his retirement... and that was 28 years ago.
>
>--
>cirby at cfl.rr.com
>
>Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
>Slam on brakes accordingly.
>
>
>

>From: Chad Irby
>Date: 12/19/2003 5:03 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>In article >,
> "Mycroft" <david > wrote:
>
>> While I was watching the Scrap heap challenge that pitted the UK,
>> France & the US against each other to build an aircraft (Powered
>> flight centenary prog) the US pilot said this was his 96th aircrft
>> type he had flown. I was wondering if it is know who if anyone has
>> the record for most aircraft types & how many types have the pilots
>> here flown?
>
>As a reference, Chuck Yeager had supposedly flown over 330 types and
>models of aircraft as of his retirement... and that was 28 years ago.
>
>--
>cirby at cfl.rr.com
>
Juan Jiminez of Aero-News Network has claimed to have flown over 1000 types.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

>who if anyone has the record for most aircraft types
>& how many types have the pilots here flown?

Eric Brown the British test pilot must be one of the elite in this
contest.

I'm a recreational pilot and a one-plane pilot, yet I've flown seven
types of aircraft.

Bush flew six types of aircraft that I know of :)

all the best -- Dan Ford
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Cub Driver > wrote in message >...
> >who if anyone has the record for most aircraft types
> >& how many types have the pilots here flown?
>
> Eric Brown the British test pilot must be one of the elite in this
> contest.

Yes, Eric Brown has flown a plethora of aircraft types... but one must
remember that Hanna Reitsch flew a cruise missile- the Fi-103 (V-1)
successfully as well as many sailplanes (including DFS 230), the Fw 61
helicopter, Me-323, Me-163, Me-262, Fw 190, and the heroic descent
into Berlin with Von Greim in a Fi-156 Storch. As the Fatherland's
best test pilot she was much braver than the guys and one of the last
century's greatest test pilots- female or otherwise :)

Rob

"robert arndt" > wrote in message
om...
> Cub Driver > wrote in message
>...
> > >who if anyone has the record for most aircraft types
> > >& how many types have the pilots here flown?
> >
> > Eric Brown the British test pilot must be one of the elite in this
> > contest.
>
> Yes, Eric Brown has flown a plethora of aircraft types... but one must
> remember that Hanna Reitsch flew a cruise missile- the Fi-103 (V-1)
> successfully as well as many sailplanes (including DFS 230), the Fw 61
> helicopter, Me-323, Me-163, Me-262, Fw 190, and the heroic descent
> into Berlin with Von Greim in a Fi-156 Storch. As the Fatherland's
> best test pilot she was much braver than the guys and one of the last
> century's greatest test pilots- female or otherwise :)

Deja vu...the vision of Arndt in the Dr Strangelove role fighting to keep
that right arm down just keeps popping up in my head.

Brooks
>
> Rob

>From: (robert arndt)

As the Fatherland's
>best test pilot she was much braver than the guys and one of the last
>century's greatest test pilots- female or otherwise :)
>
>Rob
>
Not taking away from her accomplishments, but who says she was one of the
"greatest test pilots?" The fact that she was an ardent Nazi until the day she
died? The fact she was the first to successfully pilot a V-1 after 2 others
died?

Name one airplane besides the manned version of the V-1where she was part of
the test programs.

Just having flown airplanes that have already been tested doesn't make her a
test pilot, just a propaganda tool.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired

In message >, B2431
> writes
>>From: (robert arndt)
>
> As the Fatherland's
>>best test pilot she was much braver than the guys and one of the last
>>century's greatest test pilots- female or otherwise :)
>>
>>Rob
>>
>Not taking away from her accomplishments, but who says she was one of the
>"greatest test pilots?" The fact that she was an ardent Nazi until the day she
>died? The fact she was the first to successfully pilot a V-1 after 2 others
>died?
>
>Name one airplane besides the manned version of the V-1where she was part of
>the test programs.

The Gigant?

Mike
--
M.J.Powell

"M. J. Powell" > wrote in message >...
> In message >, B2431
> > writes
> >>From: (robert arndt)
> >
> > As the Fatherland's
> >>best test pilot she was much braver than the guys and one of the last
> >>century's greatest test pilots- female or otherwise :)
> >>
> >>Rob
> >>
> >Not taking away from her accomplishments, but who says she was one of the
> >"greatest test pilots?" The fact that she was an ardent Nazi until the day she
> >died? The fact she was the first to successfully pilot a V-1 after 2 others
> >died?
> >
> >Name one airplane besides the manned version of the V-1where she was part of
> >the test programs.
>
> The Gigant?
>
> Mike

From 1935-45:

See Adler amphibious glider (project cancelled)
Germany's first transport glider- which became the DFS 230
Me 321/323 Gigant (not part of official test team, insisted anyway)
Me 328
Reichenberg IV

Some other aircraft flown:

Kranich sailplane
Rhonsperber Junior sailplane
Fiesler Storch
Junkers 87 Stuka
Fw-61 helicopter
Me-163 Komet
Me-262 Schwalbe
Bucker trainer
Fw-190
Do-17
Ju-52

Rob

(robert arndt) wrote in message >...
> "M. J. Powell" > wrote in message >...
> > In message >, B2431
> > > writes
> > >>From: (robert arndt)
> > >
> > > As the Fatherland's
> > >>best test pilot she was much braver than the guys and one of the last
> > >>century's greatest test pilots- female or otherwise :)
> > >>
> > >>Rob
> > >>
> > >Not taking away from her accomplishments, but who says she was one of the
> > >"greatest test pilots?" The fact that she was an ardent Nazi until the day she
> > >died? The fact she was the first to successfully pilot a V-1 after 2 others
> > >died?
> > >
> > >Name one airplane besides the manned version of the V-1where she was part of
> > >the test programs.
> >
> > The Gigant?
> >
> > Mike
>
> From 1935-45:
>
> See Adler amphibious glider (project cancelled)
> Germany's first transport glider- which became the DFS 230
> Me 321/323 Gigant (not part of official test team, insisted anyway)
> Me 328
> Reichenberg IV
>
> Some other aircraft flown:
>
> Kranich sailplane
> Rhonsperber Junior sailplane
> Fiesler Storch
> Junkers 87 Stuka
> Fw-61 helicopter
> Me-163 Komet
> Me-262 Schwalbe
> Bucker trainer
> Fw-190
> Do-17
> Ju-52
>
> Rob

Eric Brown, who was chief test pilot at Farnborough during the war,
was aware of Hanna Reitsch but considered her a priviledged, freelance
test pilot for Nazi propaganda purposes since she never really
completed any of the prestigious aircraft test programs she took an
interest in.

The German male test pilots also didn't care for her especially with
her connections to Udet, Goering, and Hitler. This allowed her to come
into any advanced test program with no notice infuriating the other
test pilots. She would then take a few flights, report her findings
apart from the others, then leave for another project.

The only other female Flugkapitan test pilot resented Hanna too. Hanna
was glorified in the Nazi media and she was not, even though she
stayed with the programs she was involved with. At Rechlin, they both
tested the dive brakes on the Ju-87 but Hanna got bored and left back
for DFS.

Apart from the dedication Hanna had towards advancing aviation and the
variety of advanced projects she was priviledged to test fly, she was
more than anything a Nazi celebrity that expressed unwavering support
for Hitler.

That is what she is most remembered for, not so much for her test
pilot skills,

Ashton Archer III

On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 21:49:57 -0000, "Mycroft" <david
> wrote:

>While I was watching the Scrap heap challenge that pitted the UK, France &
>the US against each other to build an aircraft (Powered flight centenary
>prog) the US pilot said this was his 96th aircrft type he had flown. I was
>wondering if it is know who if anyone has the record for most aircraft types
>& how many types have the pilots here flown?
>
>Myc

All are wrong

Col Albert Boyd, the Test Pilot's Test Pilot

http://www.ascho.wpafb.af.mil/korea/albertboyd.htm

Yeager's mentor, created Edwards and made the USAF Test Pilot School
what it is today.

Ross "Roscoe" Dillon
USAF Flight Tester
(B-2, F-16, F-15, F-5, T-37, T-38, C-5, QF-106)