Thursday, May 4, 2023 at 6:00pm PT
Guest Speaker: Jim Brown III "JB"
Jim Brown “JB” served as the Chief Test Pilot for Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Company’s F-117 Nighthawk and the F-22 Raptor where he amassed over 2,000 flight hours. JB will share his amazing experiences while flying Lockheed’s stealth fighters and will provide his first-hand account of the origins of Stealth and Lockheed’s involvement in this game-changing technology.
Jim Brown joined the Lockheed Skunk Works® in 1994 as an Experimental Test Pilot in the F-117 where he tested software, avionics and weapons improvements. In January 2016, he retired from Lockheed and joined National Test Pilot School (NTPS) as the Chief Operating Officer and Test Pilot Instructor. He is currently the President of NTPS and is responsible for the day to day and strategic operations of NTPS. JB is a Fellow and Past President of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and an Eagle of the Flight Test Historical Foundation. He has logged over 10,000 flight hours in 157 different models of aircraft and is the world’s highest time Stealth Fighter pilot.
Meeting ID: 873 1542 7644