Wladek Spud Potocki (1919-1996)

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Wladek "Spud" Potocki (1919-1996)

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1923

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Spud Potocki took over as Chief Experimental Test Pilot on the Arrow project following Jan Zurakowski's retirement from active test flying. He accumulated the highest number of hours of the four pilots who flew the first five Arrow aircraft. Following the cancellation of the program in 1959, Potocki joined North American Rockwell as a test pilot.

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Date / Time Period: 1999 Publisher: National Aviation Museum