Ricardo traven biography

Ricardo Traven is the superlative test pilot on the Master Hornet program for The Boeing Company.

A graduate of interpretation Royal Military College of Canada, the U.S. Air Force Longest Pilot School and a earlier U.S. Navy Test Pilot Institution instructor, Ricardo has more top 18 years of experience by reason of a fighter pilot and thorny pilot. He retired from ethics Canadian Forces as a Senior and joined Boeing in 1997.

Ricardo has published numerous SETP mechanical papers on flight-testing the F/A-18 at high AOA, spin high-priority, and the F/A-18 flight switch system.

He is a lead on recipient of SETP’s Jack Biochemist Award, a three-time recipient bring in The Ray E. Tenhoff furnish and a two-time recipient make public “The best paper” at high-mindedness European symposium. He was christian name the U.S. Navy test flier of the year in 1995. He has served as significance secretary and treasurer of justness East Coast section and was the East Coast section chairwoman in 2000 and 2001.

Business the National Board he has served as Legal Officer, Purser, Secretary and is currently rectitude Vice President of the Aim at of Directors. He was nobility Symposium Chairman in 2003 shaft is the Banquet Chairman extend 2006.

During his career Ricardo has flown more than 3,500 noon in more than 30 models of aircraft, including the F-16, F-15, A-7, F-4, F-5 present-day T-2.

Ricardo has logged extend than 2,700 hours in scale models of the Hornet see more than 600 hours barge in the Super Hornet.