DONALD
O. ROBB, PhD
Don Robb is a career pilot, aeronautical engineer, aviation educator and an aviation enthusiast.
Born in Illinois, educated
at the U. of Ill and at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY, he learned
to fly at Randolph Field, TX and Shreveport, LA in the North American AT-6 and
B-25. His first pilot assignment came
in 1948 with the Strategic Air Command using the B-17 and B-29 to photograph
Alaska, Cuba, and Central America.
After earning a Masters in
Aeronautical Engineering at the U. of Michigan in 1952, he served as pilot and
as a research and development officer at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH
and Colorado Springs, CO.
Following came assignments
to the U.S. Air Force Academy as a mathematics professor, to the Air War
College, and to Viet Nam as a pilot and squadron commander with awards of the
Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal and the Legion of Merit.
Final service assignments
were in Washington, DC with the Supersonic Transport Office of the FAA, the
Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon, and with the
Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Ft. McNair as a department chairman.
Since retirement from the USAF, Don has earned a doctorate at George Washington University in education policy with research in aviation safety education, has developed and managed the Flight Department of Janelle Aviation, Inc., Leesburg, VA, and has founded and managed two aviation enterprises, AV-ED Ground School in Falls Church and McLean, VA and AV-ED Flight School, of Leesburg and Winchester, VA.
His experience as a pilot includes 79 types of aircraft encompassing single engine, multiengine, reciprocating, jet and gliders. His total flight time as a pilot exceeds 10,000 hours.
Dr. Robb is an active general aviation enthusiast using general aviation aircraft for family, pleasure and business purposes and his high performance LS-6 sailplane for local and cross-country recreational flying.