Flight Test Engineer Reunion 2002
Base Orientation
ARRIVAL: 10 May 02, 0915
DEEPARTURE: 10 May 02, 1545
0830 Buses depart Park Plaza enroute to South Base (one 44-passenger,
one 33-passenger)
Escorted by: Mr. Ron Mahlum
0900 Pick up Mr. Les Bordelon and Lt Col Steve Herzig at AFFTC Museum
Continue to South Base
0915 Arrive South Base
Global Hawk planeside
Brief by Bob Ettinger
POC: Lt Col Mike Guidry 5-0632; Capt Tim Jorris 5-0623
ABL briefing
(Story boards in hangar)
POC: Capt Eric Felt 5-0688
1000 Tour South Base museum aircraft
1020 Depart for flightline tour
Enter at Base Ops gate
1030 Arrive CV-22
Planeside brief
1050 Depart for F-22
1055 Arrive F-22
Briefed on bus at aircraft by:
Mr. Carter Wilkinson, Director of Engineering
Mr. Dan Roth, Director of Projects
POC: Mr. Dan Roth 7-5316; Lori Wilkens 7-5840
1115 Depart for Club Muroc via Contractor's Row
Route:
Exit Bldg 1600 gate
Left on Yeager Blvd
Left on Lancaster Blvd
Right on Fitzgerald
Right on Kincheloe
Left on Bailey
Left on Forbes
Left on Fitzgerald
Right on Oleander
1200 Lunch at Club Muroc - Cost: $10.00 per person
Menu: Deli Sandwiches, Pasta Salad, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, Iced Tea
Brief current and future Edwards programs
Briefed by: Mr. Bordelon
1300 Depart Club Muroc for NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
1315 Arrive NASA
POC: Ronnie Boghosian 276-2004
1320 NASA tour:
Active Aeroelastic Wing
X-43 Hyper-X
Autonomous Formation Flight
1420 Depart for Air Force Flight Test Center Museum
Group Photo
1545 Depart museum for Park Plaza
The following email is Pete Adolph's recollection of the tour, written while planning for the 2006 reunion tour.
Sent: 1/11/2006 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Postage budget item
My recollection of the tour is as follows: We started out at the TPS auditorium
with an AFFTC overview briefing by Doug Pierson. Our first stop on the flight
line was the Global Hawk where Bob Ettinger gave us an overview. We proceeded
down the flightline to various CTFs including the V-22 and F-22, ending up at
NASA. We then went to the club for lunch.
We had two buses. Les was in one and Ron Mahlum in the other. Spouses and
significant others went on the tour. The main question at this point is- will
the tour be free. Dennis, if that is the case, I recommend that Ron Hart
send out a revised invitation for review, crank in any reasonable changes, and
go to press next Monday. Check with Les for details, and I suggest we get
George KaiLawai
involved.
Cheers from Colorado.
Pete