Peter Girard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American test pilot
Date of Birth: 05-May-1918
Place of Birth: Monterey, California, United States
Date of Death: 12-Feb-2011
Profession: test pilot
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Peter Girard
- Peter Frank "Pete" Girard (May 5, 1918 – February 12, 2011) was a United States Army Air Corps pilot, Chief Engineering Test Pilot for Ryan Aeronautical, and the first man to hover in jet vertical flight.
- This feat was accomplished November 24, 1953 during tests that would culminate in the development of the Ryan X-13 Vertijet.
- He would later accomplish the first full-cycle vertical takeoff, horizontal flight, and vertical landing in a jet aircraft on April 11, 1957 at Edwards Air Force Base.
- Prior to working with Ryan, Girard had worked at Curtiss-Wright in St.
- Louis, Missouri and served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II as a Consolidated B-24 Liberator pilot.
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