Robert J. Gilliland Biography

Bob Gilliland has logged more experimental supersonic flight test time above Mach 2 and Mach 3 than any other pilot. He is a Naval Academy graduate and was a combat jet fighter pilot in Korea he helped introduce the first American Jets in Europe. He was the first to fly the Lockheed SR-71 aircraft as project test pilot. On its maiden flight, it roared skyward amid the purple-orange blast of maximum afterburner on December 22 1964. Working with Kelly Johnson the Skunk Works founder and his small group of engineers Bob was the first to achieve full envelope expansion of speed and altitude in both the SR-71A and SR-71B. Bob was a Lockheed company test pilot in the F-104 Starfighter at Palmdale Edwards AFB and in Europe prior to involvement with the A-11/A-12 YF-12A and SR-71. He holds the Kincheloe award as top test pilot by the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and is currently a trustee of ANA (Association of Naval Aviation). Anyone who has heard Bob

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