AEM 8000 Seminar - Paul Dye, Ironflight

Paul Dye, former Lead Flight Director for the Space Shuttle program, will talk about his life in aerospace engineering, space flight operations, and experimental aviation. He will talk about how he reached the center seat of Mission Control after serving as a systems flight controller for his first decade at NASA, his missions docking with (and building) space stations, and how the lessons learned in thirty years of flying space shuttles can be applied in the world of aerospace engineering. He will also touch on his life building, maintaining, and flying experimental aircraft, and how his fifty years as a pilot served to enhance his ability leading air and space missions.