Background
Duerksen, Noel J. was born on December 11, 1957 in Hillsboro, Kansas, United States. Son of Willis Richard and Joan Ruth (Plett) Duerksen.
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Noel J. Duerksen
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Education
Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Wichita State University, 1980. Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, Wichita State University, 1986. Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering, Wichita State University, 1996.
Career
Propulsion engineer Lear Jet, Wichita, Kansas, 1977-1979. Aircraft performance engineer Beech Aircraft, 1980-1983, flight test engineer, 1983-1985, 86-89, test pilot, 1989-1994. V-22 wind tunnel coordinator Boeing Vertol, Philadelphia, 1985-1986.
Corporation pilot Raytheon Aircraft, Wichita, since 1986, preliminary design project engineer, since 1994. Test pilot consultant Quintron Corporation (now Lockheed), Chantilly, Virginia, 1990-1991. Adjunct professor aerospace engineering Wichita State University, 1999.
Achievements
Membership
Leader youth group Koener Hts. Mennonite Church, Newton, Kansas, 1980-1981. Member 1st Evangelical Free Church, since 1991.
Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Beech Employees' Flying Club (member flight instructor board since 1986).
Connections
Married Barbara J. Talley, August 11, 1979. Children: Aaron Daniel, Nathan David.
