Tex Johnston

One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Johnston helped develop the jet age at Bell Aircraft and Boeing. At Bell, he tested the XS-1, and at Boeing the XB-47 (the first six-jet engine bomber), the XB-52 bomber, and the 707 series of jets - including a famous barrel-roll above a crowd gathered for the Gold Cup Hydroplane Races in Seattle, Wash.