Dale D Donalson

Engineering & Management
Joined Hughes Aircraft Company upon graduating from the Universiy of Colorado with a BS in Engineering. Was sponsored to an MS and PhD in Engineering at UCLA. Worked at Hughes Aircraft for 35 years as an engineer and manager. Retired in 1989 as a Corporate Vice President. Was contibuuting author to several books on systems engineering and control systems design and analysis. Lectured in several courses at UCLA on the same subjects.

Sothern California

Parents lved in South Pasadena from 1936 to 1973.

Flying powered and glider aircraft. Participated in competion aerobitic flying for 22 years. Have sold my competition airplane, a Pitts Special and am no longer an active pilot. My wife and I have made a collection of antique/vintage radios and phonographs and they are displayed as a small private museum in the upper floor of our hangar at Santa Paula Airport. It is part of the Santa Paula Aviation Museum "String of Hangars" and is open to the public on the first Sundy of each month and other special dates.
I have also been active in dog training and competition. One of our Labrador Retrievers earned her Master Agility Title and competed in the Agility Nationals. Our current Yellow Lab is participating in Obedience, Rally and Agility competition.

Older Pop and Western/Country

Many and varied.

Life has been a good ride so far. I don't feel cheated.