Prior to his retirement in January 2013, Mark Pestana was a research pilot and project manager at NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.
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Prior to his retirement in January 2013, Mark Pestana was a research pilot and project manager at NASA’s Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. He piloted the B200 King Air, the T-34C, and the remotely piloted Ikhana/Predator B. He also served as a flight test engineer on the Center’s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft and as a flight engineer and mission manager on the DC-8 flying laboratory.July 26, 2007NASA Photo / Tony Landis› Pilots Description