Special Assignments


  • NASA staff member to the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security, 1996- 1997.

  • NASA Representative to RTCA, Inc., Board of Directors’ Select Committee on Free Flight, 1994- 1995.

  • NASA Representative to the Technical Management Committee of the RTCA, Inc., the aviation standards and advisory group, 1992-1998.

  • Senior FAA Representative to International Civil Aviation Organization’s “First Asia & Pacific Seminar on Windshear & Weather Related Aeronautical Problems,” Bangkok, Thailand, 1988.

  • FAA Expert Witness to the NTSB Regarding R&D programs addressing windshear in the Delta Flight 191 accident hearing, Dallas, TX, 1986.

  • FAA Expert Witness to the NTSB Regarding R&D programs addressing windshear in Pan Am Flight 759 hearing in New Orleans, LA, 1983.