Next meeting is on August 9th in the EAA 724 Hut, located across from the Fire Station at 900 Airport Road, Merritt Island, at the airport.
Our guest speaker is Norman Eric Howell. Engineering Test Pilot/Instructor Pilot, EAA 143767 Life;me, EAA Chapter 288
He will be talking about the 2014 Airventure Cup, Twin-1T class in his Aerostar 601P.
Here is a short BIO for him.
Pilot, Breeze Airways E-190/195 - Spring 2022 - Present
Chief Pilot, United States Aviation LLC, Port Orange FL — Spring 2021-Spring 2022
Responsible for acquisition;on, management and opera;on of a Gulfstream Turbine Twin Commander for a
small private company.
Senior Engineering Test Pilot (Boeing Associate Technical Fellow and Fellow, Society of Experimental Test
Pilots), The Boeing Company, Long Beach CA and Seattle, WA — 1998-Spring 2021
Engineering test pilot (Flight Examiner) on C-17A (Block 10 -17), KC-10 Avionics Upgrade, F-22 testbed 757,
737 Airborne Early Warning, P-8A (737) engineering development and first flight, P-8I (737), 777-9, KC-46A
tanker full program, T-33 photo and safety chase pilot, and first 6 flights of the NASA/Boeing/DARPA X-48B
Blended Wing Body. Loaned out to Commercial side on 777-9 and 737, 767, 787. Multiple awards &
recognition at industry level, including SETP Kincheloe, Salmon, Tenhoff, Grumman, Wright awards, Boeing
Cashman Award, 8 World Aviation Records in C-17. Engineering Test Pilot & Test Pilot Instructor, USAF,
Edwards AFB, CA — 1991-1998 - Engineering Test Pilot (and Flight Examiner) on F-16C/D, C-23 (Shorts 3-30), and Stemme S-10 Motorglider.
Test Pilot Instructor in F-16B, including performance, flying qualifies, deep stall departures, photo/safety/
supersonic chase, systems and weapons flight test techniques. During this ;me period I also conducted the
first flights of the Cirrus ST-50 and SR-20 while on temporary leave from USAF duties.
Air Force Pilot, USAF, Vance AFB, OK and Spangdahlem AB, 1982-1991
Conducted flying duties during USAF Pilot Training in T-37, T-38; Instructor Pilot (Flight Examiner) in T-37, and
F-4G Wild Weasel in Germany and Iraq. Combat veteran, Opera;on Desert Storm, 1991.
1987-88 - 4 World records in a Quickie Q-1 amateur-built airplane. Bleriot medal winner and Bronze Lindy
for the Q-1!