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Randall L. Neville
for nine years.
Assigned to the F-22 Combined Test Force at Edwards Air
Force Base, Neville flew the F-22 as well as the F-16 chase air- craft. Randy was initially focused on the Raptor avionics develop- ment, flying the first flight of aircraft #4005, which was also the first flight in which the complex Block 3 software demonstrated sensor fusion. Later, Neville became one of the primary envelope expansion pilots, performing much of the flutter, loads and han- dling qualities evaluations. That high-tempo flight testing allowed
Neville to become the first Raptor pilot to attain the 500 flight- hour mark. During one of those flights, a flight control anomaly caused Randy’s airplane to experience extreme over-g, with pitch cycles ultimately from plus 10.2g to minus 11.7g. The airplane landed safely, but never flew again. It is now on display at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
Neville remained active on the F-22 program until 2005 as the program approached Initial Operational Capability, at which time he transferred to Boeing’s Commercial division. Neville had a unique opportunity while at Edwards. He was called to be a technical consultant for the Universal Studios movie, The Hulk, in which he also played the role of an F-22 pilot in a scene where he attempts to shoot the Hulk from the Golden Gate Bridge.
Prior to joining Boeing, Neville flew for 20 years in the U.S. Air Force, having operational tours in the F-106 and F-16. He attended the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base and spent the next 10 years as an Air Force test pilot. Neville con- ducted weapons development tests on the F-4 and F-16 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. His final assignment before retiring from the Air Force was as a T-38 and F-16 instructor and director of Flight Operations for the USAF Test Pilot School.
Neville earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Tennessee and a master’s degree in inter- national relations from Troy University. He holds type ratings in all current Boeing production models. He also has a glider license and more than 8,000 hours flying time in more than 80 different types of aircraft. He is a Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
He currently resides near Seattle, Wash., with his wife, Jill, and two sons.
James E. Brown III
Jim Brown graduated “With Distinction” from the Virginia Military Institute in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engi- neering, earned a Master of Science in Management from Troy University, and completed graduate study in Mechanical Engi- neering with California State University—Fresno.
Following two European tours flying the F-4 and F-5, he was
James E. Brown III
selected to attend the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base where he graduated with Class 86A in December 1986 Following graduation he tested the A-7, F-15 Eagle, F-117 and F-22.
In 1994 he was hired by the Lockheed Skunk Works as an Experimental Test Pilot in the F-117 Stealth Fighter.
While on the F-117, he tested software, avionics and weapons improvements. Many of these improvements saw service in Op- eration Joint Endeavor over Bosnia and Operation Iraqi Freedom, the second Gulf War. As the chief test pilot, after flying the Stealth for eight years with over more than 900 flight hours, he went on to test the F-22 eventually becoming the Raptor chief test pilot.
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