Jack Ridley (pilot)

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Jackie Lynwood Ridley
XS-1 Research Team. Jack Ridley is 2nd from right.
Nickname(s)	Jack
Born	June 16, 1915 Garvin, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	March 12, 1957 (aged 41) northwest of Tokyo, Japan
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army Air Forces  United States Air Force
Rank	Colonel
Alma mater	University of Oklahoma, B.S. 1939 Caltech, M.S. 1945

Colonel Jackie Lynwood Ridley (June 16, 1915 – March 12, 1957) was an aeronautical engineer, USAF test pilot and chief of the U.S. Air Force's Flight Test Engineering Laboratory. He helped develop and test many Cold War era military aircraft. He worked on the Bell X-1, the first aircraft to achieve supersonic flight, and was highly respected among fellow test pilots, most notably Chuck Yeager, for his engineering skills.