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Cranes, trains, planes and excavators and stuff like that
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Yeah I was watching a video about these things a little bit ago. If I am remembering correctly in rough weather the pilots had to switch every 20-30 minutes due to exhaustion.
Was half the crew pilots?
It never made it out of flight tests. I think they usually had 3 or 4 pilots and a few engineers, plus the designer on board for most tests.