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  • Woodrow (Woody) W. Lane
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    Air and Space Friend

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    Graduated from California Polytechnic College in 1955. Initial post-graduate assignments were on the Corporal Missile. Served in U.S. Army Missile Units on the Corporal & Redstone Missiles. Worked with Dr. Werner Von Braun’s team at Huntsville, AL transitioning the civilian Jupiter-C into the Redstone.
    Later civilian assignments included development of critical components on the U.S. Navy’s Polaris & Poseidon missiles. Developed components for the SR-71, won a NASA “Apollo Achievement Award” for work on the SPS Engine Gimballing Actuators. Later assignments involved management of aerospace companies engaged in development and production of controls for TOW-11B Missile, DC-9 and MD-80 aircraft, Maverick, Hellfire and AMRAAM missiles.
    Serving in post retirement as a consultant on components for business jets, Himars missile launcher and Joint Strike Fighter F-35 aircraft.

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