Gene Munson:  

Life My professional employment before retirement I managed and lead 40 to 50+ Engineers, Software Specialists and technicians In an Engineering Flight Test Organization, my group was the Airborne Instrumentation and Telemetry Group at Boeing Rotorcraft In Mesa, AZ. However this group includes Personnel at Test Facilities at Philadelphia, PA., Pax River Maryland,West Palm Beach, FL, Edwards AFB, CA and other sites as required for Helicopter Test Programs. Other experience at this location includes two previous companies including Hughes Helicopters absorbed by McDonnell Douglas and then McDonnell Douglas bought by Big Daddy Boeing. This adventure started in 1981 my initial position was Flight Test Engineer, Next, was Project Engineer on Advanced Flight Control Projects, Moving on to Establish and Manage the New advanced Flight Controls Lab as well as the Avionics Development Lab. Assignment that I have been in the last ten years is Manager of Flight Test Instrumentation and Flight Analysis group. Previous seventeen years 1963 through 1981 were at Bell Helicopter Textron beginning as an Instrumentation Technician, Flight Analyst And Research Project manager. Worked Various research flight projects as well as most models of Bell Helicopters that were developed and certified in the years of my tenure at Bell. Interspersed with these years at Bell, Hughes-McDonnell Douglas-Boeing I have particpated in professional Organizations such as American Helicopter Society (holding offices at Local and National level, still participating in those),Society of Flight Test Engineers (local offices), HAI, Helicopter Association International )(on Technical Committee, and safety committee) ...Expand for more