BBJ chief pilot retires after 25 years with Boeing
Making a final show appearance here is Boeing Business Jets chief pilot Capt.

Making a final show appearance here is Boeing Business Jets chief pilot Capt. Mike Hewett, whose BBJ flight to EBACE saw him pass the 12,800 flying-hour mark (including more than 4,000 hours in the U.S. Navy flying mostly Grumman A-6 Intruders). He has pilot-in-command time on 24 types (including all Boeing jetliners except the original Model 707), and was authorized to fly North American F-86 Sabre and Northrop T-38 Talon flight-test chase aircraft.

Having decided at age 14 to become a U.S. Navy (USN) pilot, Hewett was bitten by the test-flying bug when watching Boeing’s Jack Waddell fly the Model 747 on its February 1969 maiden flight while in his senior year of college studying aeronautical engineering. He called Waddell seeking career advice, but was told to embark on a military flying career first, earn an aeronautical degree and come back 15 years later.