Famous test pilots
aviator who flies new or modified aircraft to evaluate and certify its performance in test flights
107 people
Neil Armstrong
1930
– 2012
· Age 82
Deceased
Michael Collins
1930
– 2021
· Age 90
Deceased
John Glenn
1921
– 2016
· Age 95
Deceased
Jim Lovell
1928
– 2025
· Age 97
Deceased
Frank Borman
1928
– 2023
· Age 95
Deceased
Vladimir Komarov
1927
– 1967
· Age 40
Deceased
Alan Bean
1932
– 2018
· Age 86
Deceased
Chuck Yeager
1923
– 2020
· Age 97
Deceased
John Young
1930
– 2018
· Age 87
Deceased
Gus Grissom
1926
– 1967
· Age 40
Deceased
Ed White
1930
– 1967
· Age 36
Deceased
Scott Carpenter
1925
– 2013
· Age 88
Deceased
Wally Schirra
1923
– 2007
· Age 84
Deceased
Thomas P. Stafford
1930
– 2024
· Age 93
Deceased
Valery Chkalov
1904
– 1938
· Age 34
Deceased
Gordon Cooper
1927
– 2004
· Age 77
Deceased
Georgy Beregovoy
1921
– 1995
· Age 74
Deceased
Deke Slayton
1924
– 1993
· Age 69
Deceased
Richard F. Gordon
1929
– 2017
· Age 88
Deceased
Hanna Reitsch
1912
– 1979
· Age 67
Deceased
James McDivitt
1929
– 2022
· Age 93
Deceased
Michael J. Smith
1945
– 1986
· Age 40
Deceased
Igor Volk
1937
– 2017
· Age 79
Deceased
Leonid Kadeniuk
1951
– 2018
· Age 67
Deceased
Joe Engle
1932
– 2024
· Age 91
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q730242