Jack Ridley
Military Person
1915 – 1957
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Who was Jack Ridley?
Colonel Jackie Lynwood "Jack" Ridley was an aeronautical engineer, USAF test pilot and chief of the air force's Flight Test Engineering Laboratory. He helped develop and test many cold war era military aircraft but is best known for his work on the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to achieve supersonic flight. He was highly respected among fellow test pilots, most notably Chuck Yeager, for his engineering skills.
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- Born
- Jun 16, 1915
Garvin - Also known as
- Jackie L. "Jack" Ridley
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Education
- California Institute of Technology
- Air Force Institute of Technology
- University of Oklahoma
- Lived in
- Oklahoma
- Died
- Mar 12, 1957
Tokyo
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on July 23, 2013
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