Team NAE™

Rogers Dry Lake Bed, Edwards AFB, CA - October 2005

This team has grown from just four original team members, to over three dozen volunteers from nearly every profession. For as long as nine years they have enthusiastically given one or two days of each week - sometimes more - to do whatever has been necessary to see the goal of bringing the world land speed record back to America happen. The friendships and support of everyone for each other as a team is a testament to the leadership of the two men who chose to become partners at the project's inception.

View Team NAE™'s Pictoral Growth over the past five years.

Click on team member's name for biography and contact information.

Leadership Team

Ed Shadle:
Driver / Project Manager

Keith Zanghi:
Director of Operations

Communications

Jon Higley:
Crew Lead/Webmaster
/Chief Information Officer
/Educational Affairs Director

Patricia Woods:
Website Services

Molly Bakewell:
Public Relations & Marketing Communications

Douglas Schwartz:
Marketing

Systems Engineers 

Steve Wallace:
Scientist, Data Acquisition Systems

Tim Finley:
Instrumentation Specialist
/Machinist

John Winchester:
Parachute Specialist

Barbara Drumheller:
Deceleration Consultant

Ed Drumheller II: In Memorial
Aerodynamic Deceleration
& Egress Specialist

Aerodynamic Team

Mike Thoe:
Mechanical Engineer

Rex Walter:
Wind Tunnel

Ron Doll:
Computational Fluid Dynamics

Engineering Team

John Mittleider:
Systems Engineer

Don Mitchell:
CATIA V5 Engineering

Jeffery Paul Hansen, Ph. D:
Technical Consultant, Computer Systems

Scott Robertson:
Hydraulic Systems

Dave Wheeler:
Hydraulic Systems

Propulsion System Team 

Bill Eckberg:
Crew Chief/
Propulsion Systems

Sean Rondestvedt:
Propulsion Systems

Robin Sipe:
Propulsion Systems/
Sponsor

Allen “Al” Von Hollen:
Propulsion Systems

Brian Maddigan:
Propulsion Systems

David Wood:
Propulsion Systems

Lane McCabe:
Propulsion Systems

John Zambrano:
Propulsion Systems

Dave Selby:
Propulsion Systems

Equipment Support Team

Bernard McVay:
Welding Sponsor

Eric McClain:
Welder/Truck Mechanic

Steve Green:
Machinist / Sponsor / Course Preparation

Cameron Shadle:
Structural Mechanic/Cockpit Specialist

Dave Green:
Mechanic / Course Preparation

Calvin Dirks:
Mechanic / Course Preparation

Russell Garlow:
Team Mechanic

Richard Pengelley:
Team Mechanic/Start Cart Operator

Billy “Omar” Chramosta:
Team Mechanic

Gino Sanfilipo:
Team Mechanic

Team Support

Von Armstrong:
Safety / Security / Radio Communications

Libby Wallace:
Data Acquisition Support

John Drury:
Transportation Specialist /
Radio Communications

Tom Pengelley:
Transportation Specialist

Mark Seguin:
Fire Support / Sponsor

Rob Martinson:
Fire Support

Eric Helpenstell:
Fire Support

Elaine Shadle:
NAE Gear

Rachel Shadle:
Photographer

Robert Meyer:
Honorary Team Member

Special Thanks to:

Bob Davidson

Heather King

Jason Bundy

Dirk Sundbaum

Slim Lawson

Ron Norman

Glen Hopkins

Mark Johnson

Didi Boyington

Larry Cruz

Pete Moss

Tonja Higley - Always patient.

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