F-117a Nighthawk First Flight Chief Test Pilot Hal Farley history documentary & Air force high tech stealth engineering aviation technology story. Hal explains the history of Skunk Works and tells of his involvement with the program. This information has been declassified under the "Freedom of Information Act".
About Hal Farley:
Hal Farley, Director Flight Operations and Chief Test Pilot, Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works (Retired).
Farley joined the Skunk Works as Project Pilot for the Top Secret Stealth Fighter Program. He flew the first flight and logged over 600 hours in the F-117A.
He served in the Navy from 1959 to 1967 and Grumman Aircraft from 1967 to 1979. He was assigned to VA-164 flying A-4 aircraft aboard the USS Oriskany. Farley attended the Navy Test Pilot School and was assigned to Carrier Suitability performing tests on the F-4, F-8, A-4, A-6, and RA-5C. He then joined Grumman, testing the A-6 and F-14 Tomcat accumulating over 900 hours in the Tomcat.
He is a Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. He has 30 years of flying experience. 5700 hours, 3600 of which were flight tests in fighter or attack aircraft. He is the recipient of the Ivan C Kincheloe award and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Octave Chanute Award both for work on the F-117A.
He was inducted into the Oklahoma Aviation and Space Hall of Fame.
In 2002 he and his wife Ellen completed an 8-year voyage around the world in their 44ft sailboat AIRBORNE.
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