Clyde Good joined the Army Air Corps in 1941 and flew combat sorties in WW2,Korea and Vietnam. His flight test career began at Wright Patterson AFB in the Fighter Test Section in 1951,flying the F-86,F-94 and B-26. He performed over 150 flights in the F-84/B-36 Ficon hook-up project. He attended the US Test Pilot School in 1952. He was Chief of USAF Flight Test at North American Aviation where he flew the F-86D,F-100 and F-107.