Title: Thomas McMurtry
Content:  Thomas C. McMurtry (June 4, 1935 - January 3, 2015) was an American mechanical engineer, and a former naval aviator, test pilot at NASA's Flight Research Center and a consultant for Lockheed Corporation.
Title: Thomas McMurtry
Content:  Since his retirement from NASA, McMurtry enjoys flying his WACO open cockpit biplane or Piper Cub.
Title: McMurtry
Content: Chuck McMurtry (1937–1984), American football player (defensive tackle) ; Craig McMurtry (born 1959), American baseball player (pitcher) ; David McMurtry (born 1940), Irish businessman, founder of Renishaw plc ; George G. McMurtry (1876–1958), Captain, U.S. Army; received Medal of Honor ; Grady McMurtry (1918–1985), American occultist ; Greg McMurtry (born 1967), American football player (wide receiver) ; James McMurtry (born 1962), American musician ; John McMurtry, Canadian philosopher ; John McMurtry (1812–1890), American architect ; Larry McMurtry (1936–2021), American novelist, father of James McMurtry ; Robert McMurtry, Canadian physician ; Roy McMurtry (born 1932), Canadian politician and Chief Justice of Ontario ; Sharon McMurtry (born 1960), American retired soccer player ; Stanley McMurtry (born 1936), British cartoonist ; Thomas McMurtry (born 1935), American test pilot for NASA ; William McMurtry (1801–1875), American politician and military officer McMurtry is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: 
Title: Thomas McMurtry
Content:  A former U.S. Navy pilot and graduate of the United States Naval Test Pilot School, NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, McMurtry was a consultant for Lockheed Corporation before joining NASA in 1967.
Title: Thomas McMurtry
Content:  Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on 4 June 1935, McMurtry attended elementary school in Rockville, Indiana, and received his Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame in June 1957.
Title: Robert McMurtry
Content:  McMurtry is Professor of Surgery at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario and Orthopedic Consultant at St. Josephs Health Care in London, Ontario. His work involves clinical practice as well as teaching and research. McMurtry is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca.
Title: Thomas McMurtry
Content:  McMurtry has been honored with the Society of Experimental Test Pilots' Iven C. Kincheloe Award for his work with the AD-1 Oblique Wing Airplane Program in 1982 and received Presidential recognition with the rank of Meritorious Executive in the Senior Executive Service. He was also awarded three NASA Exceptional Service Medals and the Aerospace Walk of Honor. In 2012 McMurtry was nominated for an award by the Screen Actors Guild. He was Wolfe Air's lead Vectorvision pilot. In 2014 he accepted the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award.
Title: James McMurtry
Content:  James McMurtry (born March 18, 1962, in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American rock and folk rock/americana singer, songwriter, guitarist, bandleader, and occasional actor (Daisy Miller, Lonesome Dove, and narrator of Ghost Town: 24 Hours in Terlingua). He performs with veteran bandmates Daren Hess, Cornbread and Tim Holt. His father, novelist Larry McMurtry, gave him his first guitar at age seven. His mother, an English professor, taught him how to play it: "My mother taught me three chords and the rest I just stole as I went along. I learned everything by ear or by watching people."
Title: Roy McMurtry
Content:  McMurtry is married to Ria Jean Macrae, with whom he has six children and 12 grandchildren. His eldest son, Jim McMurtry, ran as a Liberal in British Columbia in the 2006 federal election, placing second to Conservative Russ Hiebert. McMurtry is a landscape painter, originally taught by A.J. Casson, and has donated pieces to charity auctions.
Title: George McMurtry (engineer)
Content:  George Cannon McMurtry (14 November 1867 &ndash; 29 September 1918) was a New Zealand scientist, smelting engineer, mining manager and consultant, orchardist. He was born in Camberwell, Surrey, England on 14 November 1867.

Question: What is Thomas McMurtry's occupation?
Answer: test pilot.