My engineering journey into vertical flight started as a graduate student at the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center at University of Maryland in 1988. Perhaps more accurately, it began with the first class in VSTOL Aerodynamics from Prof. Barnes McCormick at Penn State in 1987. Or maybe it’s when I saw my brother’s motorized plastic scale … Continue reading Mastery of the Air: Personal Reflections on 35 years of Watching Tiltrotors Take Flight