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Delta College STEM Academy Presents: Al Bowers is the Chief Scientist at the NASA Neil A Armstrong Flight
Research Center located at Edwards Air Force Base. Al spent 20 years as a
research aerodynamicist and as chief engineer of many aircraft projects,
including the NASA F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle, the NASA SR-71s, and
the NASA Kelly Eclipse Aerotow F-106 project. Al was an aerodynamicist on
the F-8 Oblique Wing, the X-30 National Aerospace Plane, and the X-29
Forward Swept Wing. Al has also served as the Chief of Aerodynamics, the
Deputy Director of Research and Engineering, the Special Assistant to the
Associate Director of Aeronautics in Washington DC, the Director of
Aeronautics Projects, and now as the Chief Scientist. Al has spent 20
years working on the problem of flying wings and how birds are able to fly
without vertical tails. Bowers is a recipient of the NASA Exceptional
Service Medal, and the Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal.
Albion H. Bowers
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