{"id":90451,"date":"2021-04-22T17:08:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-462299"},"modified":"2023-06-20T21:29:25","modified_gmt":"2023-06-21T01:29:25","slug":"wayne-michael-ringelberg","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/wayne-michael-ringelberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Michael Ringelberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-bio-intro maxw-full width-full padding-y-6 padding-x-3 hds-module hds-module-full wp-block-nasa-blocks-bio-intro\">\n\t<div class=\"hds-bio-intro-container grid-row grid-container grid-container-block padding-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-4 desktop:grid-col-3\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hds-bio-thumbnail width-10 tablet:width-card desktop:width-card-lg\">\n\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"hds-media-background  \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Wayne Michael Ringelberg\" style=\"transform: scale(1.3); transform-origin: 3% 30%; object-position: 3% 30%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg 1740w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=218,300 218w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=768,1059 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=742,1024 742w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=1114,1536 1114w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=1485,2048 1485w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=290,400 290w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=435,600 435w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=653,900 653w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=870,1200 870w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ringelberg.jpg?resize=1450,2000 1450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/figure>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-7 desktop:grid-col-9 grid-row margin-0 padding-0\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-8 margin-bottom-2 desktop:margin-bottom-0\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"margin-bottom-1 desktop:margin-bottom-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-60 display-block width-full\">Wayne Michael Ringelberg<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p-lg padding-0 margin-0 color-carbon-60\">NASA Pilot<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"grid-col-12 desktop:grid-col-4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Wayne M. Ringelberg is the chief pilot at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. As a research test pilot, he is assigned to fly the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-109.html\" rel=\"noopener\">X-57 Maxwell<\/a>, the agency\u2019s first all-electric experimental aircraft. He also is qualified to fly NASA\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-050-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">DC-8<\/a> flying science laboratory, the agency\u2019s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-096-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">SOFIA<\/a>) Boeing 747SP, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-006-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">F\/A-18<\/a> mission support aircraft, the Beechcraft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-099-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">B200<\/a> Super King Air and the remotely piloted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-105.html\" rel=\"noopener\">X-56<\/a> multi-utility technology testbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ringelberg joined Armstrong\u2019s flight operations in 2013 after 20 years with the U.S. Air Force and five years as a civil service test pilot for the Department of Defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his military career, Ringelberg was director of Operations responsible for flight operations for test support missions at Edwards Air Force Base in California. While at the base, he was an instructor for the C-12 and T-38 at the base test pilot school as well as a test pilot for the KC-135 and KC-10 aircraft. He retired from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel and command pilot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Ringelberg earned a Master of Science in aeronautics in 1996 from the California Institute of Technology and was a Distinguished Graduate earning a Bachelor of Science in astronautical engineering in 1987 from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He is a senior member of the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics as well as an Associate Fellow for the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wayne M. Ringelberg is the chief pilot at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. As a research test pilot, he is assigned to fly the X-57 Maxwell, the agency\u2019s first all-electric experimental aircraft. 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