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((short description|United States Marine Corps officer))
((more citations needed|date=May 2014))
'''James Francis Coleman''' (June 2, 1918 – May 13, 2014), nicknamed "Skeets", was an American military fighter and test pilot.<ref name=LAT/>

Born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], Coleman joined the [[United States Marine Corps]] in 1941.<ref name=LAT/> During the [[Pacific Ocean theater of World War II]], he was a fighter pilot flying [[Dive bomber|dive bombing]] missions. After the war, he received an aeronautical engineering degree from [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]]. From 1948 to 1950, he oversaw the operation of the now-defunct Del Mar Airport in [[San Diego]], [[California]]. He would go on to work in sales and marketing for aviation companies, such as [[North American Aviation]] and [[Fairchild Aircraft]].<ref name=LAT/>

[[Image:Convair XYF-1 Pogo.jpg|thumb|Coleman (left) preparing to enter the [[Convair XFY Pogo]].]]
In 1951, [[Convair]], an airplane manufacturer, was one of two companies contracted by the U.S. Navy to construct and test a [[VTOL|vertical-takeoff-and-landing]] (VTOL) fighter. Convair created the [[tail-sitter]] [[Convair XFY Pogo|XFY Pogo]]. Coleman, a Marine reservist and Convair employee, was chosen to be its test pilot when it was ready in 1954.<ref name=LAT/><ref name=Tartan/> Although the Pogo's liftoffs and transitions went smoothly, Coleman and other pilots had difficulty landing it, which had to be done visually from the cockpit. The Pogo project would prove to be unwieldy and was discontinued.<ref name=Tartan>[http://thetartanterror.blogspot.com/2006/01/james-f-skeets-coleman-1918.html?m=1 Test & Research Pilots, Flight Test Engineers: James F. 'Skeets' Coleman 1918-]</ref> About the project, Coleman stated, "It was a developmental power plant, it was a developmental airplane, a developmental concept. It's pretty hard to tie all of those together without having a lot of risk".<ref name=LAT/> For being the first pilot to successfully maneuver a VTOL fighter, Coleman was awarded the [[Harmon Trophy]] in 1954.<ref name=LAT/>

Coleman resigned from Convair, it was announced on 3 April 1956.<ref>Associated Press, "First of Pogo Stick Pilots Resigns Post", ''San Bernardino Daily Sun'', San Bernardino, California, Wednesday 4 April 1956, Volume LXII, Number 186, page 20.</ref>

In 2014, Coleman died of natural causes at an assisted-living facility in [[Oceanside, California]]. He was 95. He was survived by three children.<ref name=LAT>[http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-skeets-coleman-20140518-story.html J.F. 'Skeets' Coleman dies at 95; test pilot for perilous XFY-1 Pogo]</ref>

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* ((YouTube|Nh9dhBJY010|Coleman)) piloting the [[Convair XFY Pogo]]
* [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/06/news/06iht-old6_ed3_.html?_r=0 ''New York Times'' article] archiving Coleman's Pogo test
* ((YouTube|ZeDaRVRDCU4|"Skeets" Coleman)) in a [[Camel (cigarette)|Camel]] cigarette commercial

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[[Category:1918 births]]
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[[Category:Military personnel from Chicago]]
[[Category:United States Marine Corps officers]]
[[Category:United States Marine Corps pilots of World War II]]
[[Category:UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni]]
[[Category:American test pilots]]

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