Word: daredeviling
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Above all, he considered himself a scientist, which he was. In an era when "test pilot" was often a synonym for "daredevil," he persuaded manufacturers that the test pilot should be consulted before the plane was built. "You would not call in an architect after you had built a house," he said...
...Eisenhower is a young general (52), and under him, in vital points of command, are young men. Youngest is 45-year-old Brigadier General James Harold Doolittle, the weather-beaten little man who led U.S. bombers over Tokyo and won a Congressional Medal of Honor for his exploit. Daredevil flyer, Jimmy Doolittle has a long list of aviation "firsts." He was first to span the continent in a single day, first Army pilot to do the hazardous outside loop, first to try an experimental kind of blind flight. Jimmy Doolittle is in command of Eisenhower's air force...
...formation acrobatics of his Men on the Flying Trapeze, at fields where he was stationed as a flying officer, Claire Chennault never left anything to chance-beyond the possibility of a failing motor when his pursuit ship was on its back. As studious on the ground as he was daredevil in the air, he spent hours planning his acrobatic shows. He taught his youngsters precision flying, discipline, teamwork...
Major Thomas J. H. ("Trap") Trapnell, who braved heavy fire to destroy a bridge in the path of an enemy advance, and Captain Jesus A. Villamor, Philippine Air Corps daredevil ace, were awarded D.S.C.s...
...five years American Export Airlines was the only U.S. airline without a transport plane. Now it has the planes, but no Government mail contract. So last week it was steeling itself for a daredevil stunt: transatlantic service without a subsidy...