{"id":90448,"date":"2021-04-22T17:16:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T21:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-462303"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:18:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:18:00","slug":"timothy-l-williams","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/timothy-l-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"Timothy L. Williams"},"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=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?w=1024\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large\" alt=\"Timothy L. Williams\" style=\"transform: scale(1.2); transform-origin: 37% 19%; object-position: 37% 19%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?resize=225,300 225w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?resize=768,1024 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?resize=1152,1536 1152w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?resize=300,400 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?resize=450,600 450w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?resize=675,900 675w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/ed10-0384-05a.jpg?resize=900,1200 900w\" 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\">Timothy L. Williams<\/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>Timothy L. Williams is a research test pilot at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. He flies airborne science and test aircraft and is a team member on test programs, supporting mission planning, procedures and safety-related operational elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams flies a diverse array of science, research and mission support aircraft at Armstrong. He is the project pilot for NASA\u2019s first all-electric experimental aircraft, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-109.html\" rel=\"noopener\">X-57<\/a> Maxwell, and flies the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-046-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">ER-2<\/a> high-altitude science aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-089-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">C-20A<\/a> environmental science research aircraft, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-039-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">F\/A-18<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-092-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">T-34C<\/a> and TG-14 research motorglider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams began work at NASA in September 2008, following an extensive flying career in the U.S. Air Force. He has flown in support of NASA science deployments to Greenland, Iceland and Costa Rica in NASA\u2019s C-20A carrying Jet Propulsion Laboratory\u2019s synthetic aperture radar and to Iceland in the ER-2. In addition to his current assignments, he has also flown NASA\u2019s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-096-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">SOFIA<\/a>) 747SP, YO-3A quiet research aircraft and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/centers\/armstrong\/news\/FactSheets\/FS-098-DFRC.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Global Hawk<\/a> remotely controlled aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Retired from the U.S. Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel, during his military career Williams served as a C-130 commander during multiple campaigns; a U-2 pilot conducting sensitive reconnaissance missions worldwide; a U-2 instructor pilot at Beale Air Force Base in California; and a project pilot on the Edwards Air Force Base airborne laser program. He was commander of U-2 Programmed Depot Maintenance and Flight Test in Palmdale, California, from 2005 to 2008.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Williams holds bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology. He is a graduate of Class 98B at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base. He is a member of the Order of Daedalians, a fraternal order of U.S. military pilots; the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; and the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Timothy L. Williams is a research test pilot at NASA\u2019s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. He flies airborne science and test aircraft and is a team member on test programs, supporting mission planning, procedures and safety-related operational elements. 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