Background
Hasbrook, A. Howard was born on July 15, 1913 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Albert Howard and Mabel (Naar) Hasbrook.
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A. Howard Hasbrook
Edit Profileconsultant Aviation safety engineer
A. Howard Hasbrook, American Aviation safety engineer, consultant. Safety engineer, California. A. Howard Hasbrook section established in his honor by Wright State University Medical School Library., 1990; recipient Flight Safety Foundation award, 1958, General Spruance award, 1970, Harry G. Mosely award, 1972; named to Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame, 1992, OX5 Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame, 1995; fellow in aerospace medicine, 1972.
Education
Graduated from the high school, DuBois, Pennsylvania.
Career
Flight instructor, engineering test pilot, United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945;
agricultural, charter, airline & test pilot, commercial flight examiner, 1945-1950;
associate director Av-Centre for Industrial Research, Cornell Univercity, 1950-1955;
director Av-Centre for Industrial Research and aviation crash injury researcher, Cornell Univercity, 1955-1960;
chief crash safety, senior research scientist, Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aeromed. Institute, 1960-1967;
chief flight performance, senior research scientist, Federal Aviation Administration Civil Aeromed. Institute, 1968-1975.
Aviation safety consultant, professional engineer, accident investigator, analyst &reconstructionist, research pilot, engineering test pilot, flight instructor, since 1975, also accident prevention counselor Federal Aviation Administration, since 1975, associate professor Embry-Riddle Aerospace U., 1982, expert witness in accident litigation.
Achievements
Membership
Served with United States Army, 1933-1934. Fellow Aerospace Medical Association (Hasbrook award named in his honor). Member International Society Air Safety Investigators, Quiet Birdmen, OX-5 Aviation Pioneers, National Forensic Center.
Connections
Married Christel Anna Schneider, 1938 (divorced 1955). Children: Barbara Elaine, Howard Richard Jay. Married Virginia Randolph Whiting, 1955.
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Nationality
American
Awards
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A. Howard Hasbrook section established in his honor by Wright State University Medical School Library., 1990. Recipient Flight Safety Foundation award, 1958, General Spruance award, 1970, Harry G. Mosely award, 1972. Named to Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame, 1992, OX5 Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame, 1995. Fellow in aerospace medicine, 1972.A. Howard Hasbrook section established in his honor by Wright State University Medical School Library., 1990. Recipient Flight Safety Foundation award, 1958, General Spruance award, 1970, Harry G. Mosely award, 1972. Named to Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame, 1992, OX5 Aviation Pioneers Hall of Fame, 1995.
Fellow in aerospace medicine, 1972.