European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1950, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Pilot who takes a Stream lined Jet plane up for its inaugural test flight has a Job that is sur rounded by an Aura of Glamor unmatched even in it has been that Way since the Pioneer Days of Holly Wood has made the test Pilot hero in Many of its screen and the Job retains its Lead in the realm of High in the Early Days when pilots were the flier literally risked his neck each time he stepped into one of the contraptions but aviation has come a Long Viray since today test pilots taking personal but the science offa Ronau tics has the danger a the Job is All nor is it matter of climbing into the cockpit and winging off the wide Blue of preflight preparation Are to insure a Good Safe flight the test Pilot t practically lives with his from the Day it is rolled out of the factory door to the Airport for ground testing and other several More Days Are spent in taxi Many at High before the plane is taken Orville Edwin director of and chief test Pilot for the Glenn Martin in is typical of today test who put the sky giants through their initial Tibbs has handled every kind of Craft from a single engine one sea Ter to the giant 200footspan built by his his locales have varied from barnstorming to Aerial mail planes and test and he knows his Way around Best when his feet Are off the ground and at least one Good engine is pulling him through the this series of pictures show the High lights of a Day in the life of test Pilot they illustrate events leading up to the testing for the first time of the the air forces first three Jet final preparations and Takeoff of the xb51 on its first test flight Are shown upper test Pilot has a final word with the Crew lower As Sun mounts in the starts to taxi to the at top the new shown at lower right photo shows the a successful Tibbs leaves the cockpit of his plane and is greeted by a group of anxious feature Section