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Russ schleeh biography

          After graduating from the Flight Performance School in , he soon became the Chief of Bomber Flight Test and later Chief of Fighter Test at Wright Field..

          Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers

          These photographs are of Test Pilots,Engineers,and various research and production aircraft flown on test flights mostly from the late 1940's through to the present day.

          One of the most distinguished men ever to pilot an Unlimited hydroplane was “The Flying Colonel” Russ Schleeh, who raced boats between and

        1. Born a competitor and gifted athlete, he earned a football scholarship to Washington State College.
        2. After graduating from the Flight Performance School in , he soon became the Chief of Bomber Flight Test and later Chief of Fighter Test at Wright Field.
        3. Russ Schleeh was a grand choice, for few men have succeeded in capturing the High Points Championship in their first season of unlimiteds.
        4. Russell E. Schleeh, pilot, and Maj. Joseph W. Howell, co-pilot, both said the flight was strictly routine.

          5. Most of these have been kindly signed by those depicted

          Wednesday, November 01, 2006

          Col Russell E.Schleeh 1919-2012





          Colonel Russell E. Schleeh tested nearly every bomber from America's war-winning B-17 Flying Fortress to its strategic workhorse, the B-52 Stratofortress, during his 20 years in the United States Air Force.
          Schleeh learned to fly in 1940 under the Civilian Pilot Training Program while working as an apprentice aircraft mechanic.

          As an aviation cadet in 1941, he sought fighters, but found his niche in bombers.
          A 1947 graduate of the Air Materiel Command Flight Performance School, Schleeh was the Chief of Bomber and of Fighter Flight Test at Wright Field, Ohio.

          He also tested in-flight refueling systems, including rigid tow, two