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Biography: John Norton is an experienced pilot, aeronautical engineer, and operational tester. He is the founder and President of Norton Aeronautical Solutions, Inc. With more than 40 years of experience in aerospace, he has both military and civil operations and test experience. John's primary operational experience was in the C-130 and C-17 airlift aircraft; he was a member of the C-17 Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) team for four years, commanded a C-17 squadron, and directed C-17 combat operations in/out of Afghanistan. He is retired from the Air Force after 28 years as a Colonel. John has taught OT&E at the National Test Pilot School in Mojave, CA since 2011, was an online aeronautics professor for Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and has taught aeronautical short courses for his own company, Practical Aeronautics, Inc since 2013. John also leads a local middle-school STEM program that teaches 14 year-olds how to fly gliders. He holds engineering degrees from the USAF Academy and California State University Fresno, and is an active FAA-certified flight instructor in power aircraft and gliders.
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