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The Greatest Test Pilot in America
One of the greatest test pilots in America for wartime planes was a gorilla wearing a bowler hat smokin' a cigar. This is a guy called Jack Valentine-Williams and he used to take out planes that weren't ready, that they were,. it was advanced technology. And what he used to do is a bit of a practical joker, as he used to bring with him a gorilla mask and he also brought a polar hat and a cigar. He would fly up to other processions of planes that were flying and he would have that gear on and he would wave at the other pilots. They came and said, I saw a new plane and it was being flown by a gorilla with
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