Took a few years but it finally flew with Nils Larson at the controls.
He's a former U-2 pilot.
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He's a former U-2 pilot.
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David Nils Larson - NASA
David Nils Larson is a research test pilot at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. He is NASA’s lead pilot for the X-59 aircraft,