An obituary for AIAA fellow, Frederick C Durant III, who died on Oct 21, 2015 is presented. Durant graduated from Lehigh University in 1939. He enlisted in the US Navy as an aviator during World War II, and taught pilots how to land on and takeoff from aircraft carriers. After the war, he joined Bell Aircraft as a test pilot, testing some of the first fighter jets in the US inventory. During the Korean conflict, he returned to military service, serving as a US Navy test pilot.
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Aerospace America ; 53 , 11
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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