About Bill Haynes

Born in Paris, France of U.S. parents; resided in Europe until age 9; fluent in German, some French.

Education:
1949 UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, BSc (Mechanical Engineering)
1954 Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright Patt., A/C Structural Repair Design
1956 USAF Experimental Test Pilot School graduate, Edwards AFB, CA
1965 USC, Los Angeles, CA, MA (Research and Development Systems Management)

Experience:
Senior system analyst with over 60 years experience in the development, acquisition, operation, maintenance and support of advanced aerospace systems. During his USAF career he was responsible for the contract performance definition of the Titan III launch vehicle system for the Dyna Soar space glider, and commanded the USAF task force which assembled, checked out and launched Minuteman missiles at Cape Canaveral. He was commander of the 90th Tactical Fighter Squadron in Vietnam in ’67/’68 and flew 187 combat missions, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star, Air Medal and Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. At the Martin Marietta Corporation (after retiring from the US Air Force) he put together the winning technical proposal for Skylab, was systems engineer for the Earth Resources Experiment Package on Skylab, and directed the engineering team which defined the crew systems interfaces and installations for Skylab. He is a graduate of the USAF Experimental Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB and flew fighter armament systems tests for four years.

In the summer of 1986 Mr. Haynes accompanied Dr. Buzz Aldrin on a private visit to the Soviet Union, West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia.

In 1986/87 Mr. Haynes served as Chairman of the Life Sciences/Systems Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is an Associate Fellow of AIAA.

1988 – 2004 – Member, AIAA team building two Wright Flyer replicas.

2002-03-Senior Advisor, Vela Technology on Manned Space Launch System, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency development (RASCAL).

1997-Senior Advisor, Vela Technology Inc.-DARPA project

1993-2000- VP Development, The Right Consortium LLC; Startup tech. development firm

1991-Independent System Analyst. Pursuing development of civil projects, including commercial software and an automobile safety device.

1986-1991-Science Applications International Corporation – Participated in an evaluation of the USAF Forecast II proposed technical development candidate systems. Was instrumental in adding two new proposals for innovative launch system candidates (electromagnetic launch and single stage to orbit rockets). He was specifically selected by the USAF Space Command to provide technical inputs and evaluation support to the Military Man In Space operations planning task.

In 1990-1991 he was the Deputy Program Manager and Life Science Advisor for the Reusable Reentry Satellite (LifeSat) Phase B Study for NASA JSC. He was Program Manager and Principal Investigator for a study of a Life Science Laboratory Module for the Space Station Freedom under contract to Alenia, the leading Italian aerospace firm.

1979-1986 The Aerospace Corporation. Applied knowledge of human factors and manned space flight to provide technical leadership in selecting, defining, integrating and operating experiments and experiment hardware for the USAF Manned Space flight Engineer program; the pioneer USAF manned space flight program. He invented CREWLOCK, a form-fitting airlock which has been patented by the USAF in his name.

1977-1979 Goldsworthy Engineering Vice President, Corporate Development; Managed design and development of a number of new composites manufacturing machines, including tape placement machines, filament winding systems and pultruders.

1974-1977 Dornier System, GmbH As a full time consultant, Mr. Haynes led the source selection, defined the contract management system and administered the subcontracts for Dornier’s environmental control/life support system for the European Space Laboratory which regularly flew on the Space Shuttle.

1972-1974 Nord Micro, GmbH Nord Micro, a German firm, with technical support and participation by Hamilton Standard Division of United Technologies, designed and fabricated under Mr. Haynes’ program management, the dedicated digital computer which programs the supersonic air inlet control for the European Multi-Role Combat Aircraft, the Tornado.

1969-1972 Martin Marietta Corporation After retiring from the USAF, Mr. Haynes joined Martin, Denver, where he was first responsible for putting together the technical portion of the successful Martin proposal for the Skylab space station. Subsequently, he was in charge of systems engineering for the Skylab Earth Resources Experiment Package. When difficulties developed in the crew systems area, he was put in charge and conducted the crew compartment fit and function test for Skylab jointly with McDonnell Douglas in St. Louis.


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