Fitzhugh ‘Fitz’ Fulton, revered military and NASA test pilot, dies at 89
“Pilot Fitzhugh “Fitz” Fulton Jr., known as the “Dean of Flight Test” for his involvement in pioneering programs including the space shuttle piggyback flights, died Wednesday at home in Thousand Oaks. He was 89.The cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, said his daughter, Ginger Terry. His four-decade career included flying for the military, NASA and Scaled Composites, headed by aviation pioneer Burt Rutan in Mojave.”
Fitzhugh L. Fulton

Biologist, Explorers Club Fellow, ex-NASA Space Biologist and Payload integrator, Editor of NASAWatch.com and Astrobiology.com, Lapsed climber, Explorer, Synaesthete, Former Challenger Center board member...

3 replies on “Fitz Fulton”

  1. I worked with him for a little while in the early eighties at NASA. Very impressive and extremely nice person. I will always remember him.

  2. His test aircraft included many hours the XB70: Now that would look good damn fine in any pilot’s logbook. Definitely the right stuff.

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