Tom Morgenfeld
Test Pilot Instructor, Fixed Wing

Academic Qualifications 
   BS Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Academy
   MS Aeronautical Engineering, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
   Empire Test Pilots’ School, Class 34FW

Flight Qualifications
 
   Over 7,000 hours in 58 different types, primarily fighter aircraft
   Over 500 carrier landings
   Commercial SMEL, Instrument ratings
   Qualified USN Combat Flight Instructor, USAF Aggressor Pilot

Flight Test Experience 

   Operational Test Pilot, Operational Test Director for F-18 and various classified programs - USN
   Chief Test Pilot, Director of Flight Operations - Lockheed Skunk Works
   Engineering Test Pilot, Experimental Test Pilot, Flight Test Manager, Chief Test Pilot – YF/F-117 
   Experimental Test Pilot, Chief Test Pilot – YF-22
   Chief Test Pilot – X-35

Professional Affiliations

  
Fellow and Past President, Society of Experimental Test Pilots
   Distinguished Lecturer, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics



National Test Pilot School 
P.O. Box 658 
Mojave, CA  93502-0658  USA

Phone:
Fax:
Email: 
661-824-2977
661-824-2943
tmorgenfeld@ntps.edu

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