ROBERT MARTIN TAYLOR
BORN: Davenport, Iowa, February 18,1926

EDUCATION
Davenport. Iowa
> St. Mary's Elementary School (8 years)
> St. Ambrose Academy (4 years)
> St. Ambrose College (2 years)

Washington, DC
> Catholic University of America (3 years). Earned a Bachelor of Aeronautical Engineering Degree in 1949

Patuxent River, Maryland
> Navy Test Pilot Training School (9 months)

Maryland University Graduate School
> Nuclear Aircraft Power Plant Design (3 credit hours)
> Advanced Aerodynamics (3 credit hours)

Wright Patterson Air Force Base. Dayton Ohio
> Defense Weapons System Management (10 weeks)

Numerous Personnel Management Courses

EMPLOYMENT
Pittsburgh Plate Glass, Davenport, Iowa 1949-1952
Designed storefronts and prepared bids for the glass work on new schools, hospitals, offices buildings, etc.

US Navy Civilian Aeronautical Engineer 1952-1988

1952-1962: Flight Test Engineer, Naval Air Test Center, Flight Test Division Patuxent River, MD
> As a Project Engineer, conducted the following categories of testing:
o Navy Preliminary Evaluation
o Structural Demonstrations
o Bureau of Aeronautics Tests:
>Stability and Control
> Performance
> Control
> Contrast Guarantees
> Spin Tests
> Fly-Of f s (evaluate one airplane vs. another)
> Some of the airplanes on which I directed tests: F11F-1F, F4H, F8U-2, F8U-3, F4D, YAO, P5M, P2V, A2J, FJ-4.
> In conjunction with the test pilots, I co-authored approximately 40 technical reports.

1962-1988: Naval Ship Research & Development Center (NSRDC), Aeronautical Division, Carderock, MD
> Directed tests in the 8'xlO' Transonic Wind Tunnel:
o Various airplane components
o Airplane/weapons separation
o Airplane flutter
o Developed new type of bomb rack
> Participated in the development of a Navy Arctic Surface Effect Vehicle
> Was one of the five Navy civilian engineers, along with five Air Force and five Army civilian engineers, who developed and implemented the "McNamara Wall" in Vietnam
> The last four years at NSRDC I was transferred to management in order to insert engineering experience into the overall management of the technical administration
> During my tour at NSRDC I was granted three patents:
o Aerodynamic Surface Tip Vortex Attenuation System
o Ground Handling Wheels for Air Cushion Landing Gear
o Variable Wing Position Supersonic Biplane

Volunteer at Smithsonian's Garber Facility 1989 - Present
Silver Hill, MD
> First assignment was to assist in the restoration of the British Snipe
> Overall, performed 90% of the restoration of the FE-8, including its rotary engine
> Along with another volunteer, I restored the following:
o Japanese Oake/Baka (1.5 years)
o French Neuport 28 (5 years)
o Talos missile
o Stix missile
o 5" HVAR missile
o GODDARD Rocket
o Made a cutaway of a C-150 engine
> As a team member, I worked on the following:
o HE 219
o Enola Gay
o Stinson Reliant
o Stearman Hammond
o Corporal Missile