A boy and a dragon a tail of two friends #21
Thousands of people getting into their combat or battle armour, weapons were being checked and equipment tested, pilots where making pre-flight tests and apcs and tanks were having their final checks done, riflemen and soldiers in combat armour were mounting
Appalachian Spring
How it had turned out to be for a bet she'd made with one of the other test pilots about whether a motorcycle could beat their training planes to 50 feet of altitude, courtesy of the ramp at the end of nas armstrong's runway.
The Archivist
Such a test pilot," torres said, stretching out to kiss the vixen's cheek. "well, we're safe, is what's important."
Jet-A (2019)
In the far corner, joey spotted his nephew helping to get a two-seat mustang ready with their friend bob woodward, a sixty-seven year old retired test pilot, a gray wolf who hailed from luxembourg.
Curiouser...
It gave the coyote a slight opening, although he was still wary of seeming too paranoid around the test pilot. "i'll be honest. i don't like hatfield's tone, commander. i think we should stay hidden if we can, until we _do_ know what's going on.
an endless voyage ch 50
"the confederate test pilot?" alexei said. "i thought you were killed in an engine malfunction." (((molly's ut imbedded in cletus' collar let them understand eachother perfectly))) "it was a radiation flare." cletus said.
The Lion
"you were a test pilot, right? didn't i hear that?" "yeah. i was." which meant, torres hoped, that she'd been a good one. "i'm unlocking the thrust limiters for you. and we can run the reactor a bit hot. how's that?"
Prophecies
I'm a test pilot for the muroc center.
Anthropology III: Unity
Jessica, start looking for a new test pilot; i want to do the interviews tomorrow afternoon. sergei, help dr. li. the rest of you: find me a bottle of whiskey. bourbon whiskey." "jake is sick, dr. americk." jessica said.
Manin
Worked as a test pilot for twenty years or so, then got assigned to a mission in the rewa-tahi sector. the other name, i got nothin' at all." "wait. so why do you think it's correct?"
Contagion
It was very different both from her experience as a test pilot, and from having flown the _tempest_ as part of captain ford's auxiliary group. exhilarating, in its own right--she had to admit that.
Chapter 9: Marcus
"it was to the original test pilots." "ah." she exhaled. "god, i feel like an emotional mess. i haven't gone through that with _anyone_. i've kept that proper bottled for _years_."