Hogsbottom as test pilot: triplocopter, triplo-triplocopter, Ratchet-Raptor, flus
x_p5_388 recurring_elementAcross multiple books, Mr. Hogsbottom is repeatedly identified as a test pilot of various aircraft (first triplocopter, triplo-triplocopter, first Ratchet-Raptor) and as the only person able to fly the flus, making his aviation test-pilot role a recurring in-world element.
Evidence
| f_b01_101/f_b01_144: test pilot of first triplocopter | The test pilot of the first version was James Hogsbottom, who teaches Paper Airplane class at Swedhump Elementary. | b01:c99:p204 |
| f_b01_105: first to successfully land a triplo-triplocopter | James Hogsbottom was the first person to ever successfully land one. | b01:c99:p204 |
| f_al1_295: test-piloted the first Ratchet-Raptor | The first ever Ratchet-raptor was test piloted by James Hogsbottom. It's actually known in the history books as the Great Osteop Stampede of 2008. | al1:c01:p251 |
| f_al1_125: only person able to fly the flus | Mr. Hogsbottom is the only person who is able to fly the flus. | al1:c01:p090 |
| f_b11_175: former test pilot at the Triplocopter Flight Training Academy | Former test pilot at the world-famous Triplocopter Flight Training Academy. | b11:c99:p328 |