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JIMMY DOOLITTLE, III

COL. USAF (RET)

Jimmy Doolittle III, formerly employed as an engineering test pilot by Denmar Tech Services of Reno NV and is currently employed as a glider tow pilot by Skylark North Glider School of Tehachapi. Retired from his first two flying careers, US Air Force after 30+ years commissioned service and Southwest Airlines after 6+ years,  Jimmy’s duty titles included:  AFFTC Vice Commander, USAF Test Pilot School (TPS) Commandant, Test Wing Deputy for Operations, TPS Ops Officer, A-7/F-5E /F-20 Experimental Test Pilot, A-1/A-7 Fighter/Attack pilot, T-38 and F-16 Instructor Pilot, Forward Air Controller, F-15,/A-10 and YF-17 Flight Test Project Engineer.  He flew EC-18, EC-135 and YC-141 in USAF global transoceanic test support and the B737 for Southwest as a line pilot. Jimmy flew more than 200 combat missions in the A-1 Skyraider flying all over Southeast Asia from Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai Air Base. He is a graduate of USAFTPS Class 79B and was a member of the Cadet Corps at Texas A&M completing a BS and MS in Mechanical Engineering. Jimmy has more than 12,000 hours of flying time in about 100+ different types of aircraft and is a Fellow and former President of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, a member of the AFA, EAA, and Daedalians, a former Scout leader, married 56 years, father of two Eagle Scouts, a grandfather, and an avid outdoorsman.  Jimmy is a longtime board member and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the FLIGHT TEST HISTORICAL FOUNDATION and is a Life Patron of the Flight Test Historical Foundation.