Message posted by Peter Merlin on September 03, 2008 at 21:44:43 PST:
Lt. Col. Donald A. Cornell (USAF, Retired passed away on 27 August 2008 at age 63. Cornell was born 20 December 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, and resided in Las Vegas for the last 26 years. He retired from the Air Force after serving 20 years, including two tours in Vietnam and work as a test pilot at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and Area 51, Nevada. A graduate of USAF Test Pilot School Class 78B at Edwards in 1978, Cornell was one of the early test pilots for the Lockheed F-117A Nighthawk and Northrop TACIT BLUE technology demonstrator - both at the Air Force Flight Test Center's Detachment 3 at Area 51. Following his military career, he was employed as a pilot and operations officer with EG&G, Special Projects, in Las Vegas. Cornell was a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the Pioneers of Stealth. He was a devoted family man, avid pilot and motorcyclist, Disney enthusiast, and an active volunteer within the community.
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