Background
Bacon, Paul Caldwell was born on October 8, 1945 in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States. Son of Franklin Camp and Marjorie Edna (Caldwell) Bacon.
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Bacon, Paul Caldwell was born on October 8, 1945 in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States. Son of Franklin Camp and Marjorie Edna (Caldwell) Bacon.
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, United States Naval Academy, 1967; Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, United States Air Force Test Pilot School, 1976; Master of Science in Systems Management, University of Southern California, 1979.
Commissioned 2nd lieutenant United States Marine Corps, 1967, advanced through grades to major, 1978, retired, 1980. Advanced through grades to lieutenant colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, since 1980. Fighter pilot, maintenance manager United States Marine Corps, Beaufort, South Carolina, 1969-1970, Danang, Republic of Vietnam, 1970-1971, Kaneohe, Hawaii, 1971-1973, advanced flight instructor Meridian, Mississippi, 1973-1975, experimental test pilot 1st F18 Patuxent River, Maryland, 1977-1980.
Engineering test pilot United Airlines, Denver, 1980-1984. Test pilot 1st District of Columbia-8 hands-off landing maneuver, 1980. Federal Aviation Administration airling transport rating, District of Columbia-8 and B 737, 1980.
Project manager phase II approved District of Columbia-8 flight simulator Federal Aviation Administration, 1982, project manager phase II approved B-737 flight simulator, 1983. Director systems implementation United Airlines Services Corporation, Lakewood, Colorado, 1984-1986, director product assurance, chief pilot, 1986-1990. Manager, training systems marketing Hughes Aircraft Company, Manhattan Beach, California, 1990-1991.
Program manager training systems Rockwell International, Los Angeles, since 1991. Director international flight test team Deutsche Aerospace, Manching, Germany, 1993-1994. Team leader Rockwell J. Pats Flight Evaluation Team, 1994.
Consultant National Traffic Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States Air Force, Australian Aviation Agency, Time-Life Books, aircraft simulator manufacturers, since 1980. Information officer United States Naval Academy, Denver.
Member Society Experimental Text Pilots, National Management Association, University of Southern California Alumni Association, United States Naval Academy Alumni Association, Hornet 100 Club.
Married Carol Wetherell, June 7, 1967 (divorced October 1974). 1 child, Paul Caldwell Bacon Junior. Married Martha Jean Court, February 2, 1986.
1 child, Catherine Caldwell Bacon.