Answer: TESTPILOT
AnswerCrossword Clue
TESTPILOTFirst person to fly a plane
TESTPILOTFlier trier?
TESTPILOTDaring aviator (Honda)
TESTPILOTFirst person to fly
TESTPILOTExperimental flyer
TESTPILOTAircraft inspector, of a sort
TESTPILOTChuck Yeager, at one time
TESTPILOTFormer job of each member of the Mercury Seven
TESTPILOTBoeing employee
TESTPILOTBanking assessor, perhaps
TESTPILOTAviator in search of bugs
TESTPILOTAerospace company employee
TESTPILOTAirborne faultfinder
TESTPILOTFlying specialist
TESTPILOTFormer job for Scott Carpenter.
TESTPILOTAviation's indispensable man.
TESTPILOTDaring aviator.
TESTPILOTWilliam Bridgeman, for example.
TESTPILOTChuck Yeager was one
TESTPILOTNew-plane flier
TESTPILOTSeeker of the plane truth?
TESTPILOTNeil Armstrong, e.g., before becoming an astronaut