13 Facts About Bruce Peterson

Bruce A Peterson was an American aeronautical engineer, and test pilot for NASA.

Bruce Peterson was released from active duty three years later.

Bruce Peterson made his first Paresev research flight on March 14,1962.

Bruce Peterson was injured when the craft crashed from a height of about 10 feet during a ground tow flight.

Bruce Peterson made 17 NASA M2-F1,2 other M2-F2 and 1 Northrop HL-10 lifting body flights.

Bruce Peterson complained he disliked having his accident repeatedly replayed on television so often.

Bruce Peterson continued at Dryden as a research project engineer on the F-8 Digital Fly-By-Wire program of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Bruce Peterson later assumed responsibility for safety and quality assurance for Dryden until his retirement in 1981.

Bruce Peterson then joined the Northrop Corporation, where he assumed responsibility for safety and quality assurance for testing the B-2 Advanced Technology Bomber.

From 1982 until 1994 Bruce Peterson worked in Northrop's B-2 division in Pico Rivera, California, at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, and at Edwards Air Force Base, becoming manager of system safety and human factors.

Bruce Peterson resided in Orange County, California, and Ocean Springs, California, until his death on May 1,2006, at age 72, after a long illness.

Bruce Peterson was a fellow of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and 2002 recipient of the Tony LeVier Flight Test Safety Award.

Bruce Peterson was honored by NASA with an Exceptional Leadership Award for his work on preparations for the first Space Shuttle landing at NASA Dryden in April 1981.