Living in the Future: The Education and Adventures of an Advanced Aircraft Designer
Dan Raymer is a recognized expert in the areas of aerospace vehicle design and configuration layout. During his ten years in the Advanced Design Department of Rockwell (North American Aviation) he created the layout design of Rockwell's entries in what became the F-22, B-2, and T-45 programs, and headed Air Vehicle Design for the X-31. His industry career includes positions as director of Advanced Design with Lockheed, director of Future Missions at the Aerojet Propulsion Research Institute, and project manager of Engineering at Rockwell North American Aviation. He wrote the best-selling textbook Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach and the layman's book, Dan Raymer's Simplified Aircraft Design for Homebuilders. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has undergraduate and graduate degrees in astronautics and aeronautical engineering, an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in engineering from the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology.