Jack Hodges:  

Life After attending West University Elementary, Alexander Hamilton Jr. High and John Reagan High Schools in Houston, I attended Texas A&M. There, in the class of 1958, I obtained a B S degree in Mechanical Engineering and an officer’s commission in the U.S. Army. I then served 2 years in the field artillery, most of it in the 1st Armored Division at Ft. Hood, Texas. From there, I moved to the Dallas area and became employed with the Vought Aircraft Co. I stayed with Vought for 33 years, finally retiring on 30 April 1994. While with Vought in Dallas, I had several engineering assignments to other aircraft companies, including Lockheed, Boeing and Northrop. During, I participated in the designs of several of their airplanes, both military and commercial. My specialty became the design of crew stations, cockpits, or flight decks as they are called in commercial airplanes. One effort that I am particularly proud of was getting to lead the conceptual design of the top secret B-2 Spirit stealth bomber crew stations for Northrop in California. Back to pas...Expand for more