Quem foi o primeiro engenheiro de teste de voo?

A disciplina de Engenharia de Testes de Voo existe desde pelo menos 1903, mas quando os engenheiros identificaram seu trabalho, distinguiram seu trabalho de outras disciplinas, sob termos que o marcariam como Engenharia de Testes de Voo?

Isso pode tomar a forma de alguém que primeiro usou o termo engenheiro de teste de voo ou engenharia de teste de voo.

O Google demonstra um histórico dos termos:

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A OTAN descreve a história da sua organização de testes de voo desta forma :

Soon after its founding in 1952, the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) recognized the need for a comprehensive publication on flight test techniques and the associated instrumentation. Under the direction of the Flight Test Panel (now the Flight Vehicle Integration Panel) a Flight Test Manual was published in the years 1954 to 1956. This original Manual was prepared as four volumes: 1. Performance, 2. Stability and Control, 3. Instrumentation Catalog, and 4. Instrumentation Systems. As a result of the advances in the field of flight test instrumentation, the Flight Test Instrumentation Group was formed in 1968 to update Volumes 3 and 4 of the Flight Test Manual by publication of the Flight Test Instrumentation Series, AGARDograph 160. In its published volumes AGARDograph 160 has covered recent developments in flight test instrumentation.