Doolittle and the Army Air Service’s Engineering Division
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Doolittle became a test pilot for the army in 1924.
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Doolittle joined the Army Air Service’s Engineering Division at McCook Field near Dayton, Ohio, as a test pilot in 1924. Doolittle (front row, third from left) and his fellow test pilots, including T-2 pilot John A. Macready (back row, third from left), flew experimental aircraft to evaluate high-altitude and high-speed flight and new equipment, such as the engine turbosupercharger and variable-pitch propeller.
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National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution (SI 77-15395).
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SI 77-15395
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1924
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