test pilots

Test pilot Cliff Secord discovers a top-secret jetpack and uses it to fight crime as the Rocketeer. Cliff's girlfriend has been captured by a Nazi spy posing as a Hollywood star, and Cliff dons the Rocketeer disguise to save her and the world.

Explores jobs different types of jobs as an airplane pilot including test pilots, astronauts, military and commercial pilots.

Investigates the career of being a test pilot, discussing how test pilots train for their jobs and the kinds of aircraft they fly and put to the limits in testing.

Provides a brief overview of the training requirements, dangers, and day-to-day experiences associated with being a test pilot.

Describes the training and job of a test pilot and discusses the risks involved in this kind of occupation.

Briefly points out some of the risks faced by different kinds of pilots.

Discusses the training and work of test pilots by profiling the career of Major Rex Bailey, who tests military airplanes for the United States Air Force at Edwards Air Force Base in California.