Fast Eddie’s Last FlightEC00-0281-8
In a lighter mood, Ed Schneider gives a “thumbs-up” after his last flight at the Dryden Flight Research Center on September 19, 2001. Schneider arrived at the NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility on July 5, 1982, as a Navy Liaison Officer, becoming a NASA research pilot one year later. He was project pilot for the F-18 High Alpha Research Vehicle (HARV) project, the F-15 aeronautical research aircraft, the NASA B-52 launch aircraft, and the SR-71 “Blackbird” aircraft. He also participated in such projects as the F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire, the FAA/NASA 720 Controlled Impact Demonstration, the F-14 Automatic Rudder Interconnect and Laminar Flow, and the F-104 Aeronautical Research and Microgravity projects.September 19, 2000NASA Photo / Tony Landis› Pilots Description