George Washington University / Edwards Air Force Base / Convair facility / Flight Test Facility / Staff College / U.S. Army War College / Carswell Air Force Base / Sacramento Junior College / /
Organization
363rd Fighter Squadron / U.S. Army War College / Staff College / Pentagon / George Washington University / Experimental Test Pilot School / United States Army / Air Force Flight Test Center / Air Command / F86 Fighter Squadron / Air Force / 8th Air Force / Sacramento Junior College / /
Person
Flight Test / /
Position
Deputy Director of Flight Test / Colonel / Assistant Manager / Director of Operational Requirement / Commander / pilot / Colonel / Manager of the company / Chief / historian / advanced Research and Development planner / fighter pilot / combat leader / avid fisherman and hunter / /
Born in Oakland, California January 13, 1922, he spent his early years on a farm near Newcastle, California. When he was 7, his father took him to a small dirt airfield where he got his first ride in a Stearman biplane.