Walter J. Schob Jr. is a retired United States Air Force Officer and an experimental test pilot who has a broad experience in flight testing, aircraft accident investigation, aviation safety education and in the management of aerospace projects.

 

While in the Air Force he served as director of joint test forces at Edwards Air Force Base, California, responsible for the flight testing of such aircraft as the F-15, F-16, A-10, B-1 and the Cruise Missile.

 

He is a pilot with over 6000 hours in fighters, transports, bombers, helicopters, general aviation aircraft and experimental craft and holds airplane and helicopter air transport pilot licenses and flight instructor ratings in airplanes, helicopters, gliders and instruments.

 

Mr. Schob has a Master of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey and a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.

 

He has instructed at the USAF Safety Agency, USAF Aerospace (Test) Pilot School and USAF School of Aviation Medicine, the National Test Pilot School, the University of Southern California, and FAA Flight Instructor Clinics.  He has been a researcher of flight, ground and wind tunnel testing, and a diplomat/air attaché.

 

He is a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, International Society of Air Safety Investigators and the Daedalians.

 

Mr. Schob is director of his own company, Sun Safety, an organization dedicated to furthering the interests of aviation safety through education.