and Guyton briefed the legendary pilot on the characteristics of the F4U-1 before Lindbergh's first Corsair flight on January 6, 1943. Lindbergh flew the plane three more times on January 6 and then left Vought, not returning for a month. At dinner one night, Lindbergh and Guyton shared some thoughts. Some were on aeronautical subjects and some not, including their mutual acquaintance, French pilot Michel Detroyat. Lindbergh mentioned that it was Detroyat who rescued him from the masses of exuberant fans the night he landed the Spirit of St. Louis at Le Bourget. In March 1943, Guyton suffered a near-fatal crash landing after the engine in his F4U seized at 22,000 feet and he attempted to glide it back to the factory's airport where it literally broke in half upon impact. One of his first visitors at Bridgeport hospital, besides Guyton's wife, was Lindbergh himself. Guyton's relationship with Lindbergh continued throughout the war including a dinner at the newly acquired Lindbergh Westport, Connecticut, home in late 1944 Post-Vought years Leaving Vought, Guyton returned to New England with his wife and four children, settling in Woodbridge, Connecticut, where they conceived a fifth child. Career-wise, Guyton assumed various management positions at Hamilton Standard, United Technologies Corporation - Missiles and Space Division, and eventually his own company. Guyton continued to fly recreationally until 1982 when he stopped for good, forty-seven years after joining the Naval Aviation Cadet program. He flew over 100 different aircraft, including almost all of the top fighters of World War II (P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-38 Lightning, F4F Wildcat, Japanese Zero, F6F Hellcat, Curtiss P-40), but he is best remembered as the chief experimental test pilot for the Corsair. During his retirement years, Guyton lectured on the Corsair and V-173 and continued to write. His third and last book, Whistling Death – the Test Pilot's Story of the F4U Corsair, was published in 1990. Death Guyton died from cancer 4 April 1996 at the age of 82. He is buried in Woodbridge, Connecticut, where he spent the last 40 years of his life. He is survived by five children, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. References Notes Bibliography “St. Louis Boy Never Took Ball Over But Led M.C.A.U. Scorers.” St. Louis Daily Globe-Democrat, December 4, 1934. “Early Vacation Caused Local Pilot to Miss Amelia Search.” East St. Louis Journal, July 8, 1937. “Boone Guyton Lands in the U.S.”