Two Test Pilots Discuss The Starfighter's Performance - Robert Calvert

Pilot 1: Ah, Fritz, how does she handle?

Pilot 2: Pretty good.

I found I could balance a glass of beer on my oxygen mask,

while I was flying it in a slowww roll

P1: Really

P2: Well it did spill a bit on the first try.

Air turbulence, actually

P1: Still it’s not bad

P2: Yes.

I could go into a loop, light a cigarette, peel a banana and thread a

needle at twenty five thousand feet

P1: Hmmm

P2: Go into a dive, do the three card trick, write my name backwards,

catch a peanut in my mouth and juggle my eyeballs from one socket to the other

P1: Sounds like a pretty nifty kite

P2: I’ve seen worse