Answer:

TESTPILOT

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