
Lee Paddock
I am a certified Project Manager PMP (Project Management Professional) with Boeing Engineering Propulsion. My education is in Urban & Comprehensive Planning / Civil Engineering.
My initiation to aviation was growing up in the military as my father was an Air Force Coronel. I started flying control line at the age of six & progressed to RC (Radio Control) at age eleven. I am an avid R/C 3D / XA pilot, race FPV fixed wings & I am an RC flight instructor at my local club.
My role as an engineering project manager is in between leadership, customers, stakeholders & resources to accomplish technical solutions related to 787 / 777 commercial aircraft. My role jokingly is referred to as a “Cat Herder”, because it can be just that difficult to influence / lead a group of multi-disciplinary stakeholders to project success / completion on time, on budget & within scope. What I like most about my role is working on cutting edge technology, amazing future products & collaborating with absolutely brilliant people. What I don’t enjoy as a project manager is corporate politics & bureaucracy getting in the way of creativity & innovation.


Travis Palmer

2004 NASA Microgravity Campaign

2019 StratoJourney -Team Icarus Plane

2014 StratEx Suit & BEM at Smithsonian
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Kevin Garland
My name is Kevin Garland and I am an Test Associate Manager / Flight Operations Manager for L3Harris Latitude out of Tucson, Arizona. I graduated from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor in Aeronautics and a Minor in Air Traffic Control and Unmanned Aircraft Systems. I currently have my Commercial Pilot Certificate for both Multi-Engine and Single Engine Aircraft. I am also an Instrument rated pilot and Certified Flight Instructor with over 1000 hours of flight time. Back when I was 7 years old my Grandfather introduced me to Radio Control Aircraft. Still today I fly every weekend I can get and fly anything from small FPV aircraft to 3D Giant Scale aircraft. Recently I have started flying R/C Turbine powered jets. This hobby lead me to my career in Aviation and was a huge help to land me my career I have today in the UAS Industry. I am currently the Test Associate Manager for L3Harris and what I do is managed all flight test on the FVR-90 and FVR-55 UAS. The Fixed Wing Vertical Rotator (FVR) UAS is a VTOL aircraft capable of flying more than 8 hours while carrying 10-20 pounds of payload. While I am not managing Flight Test I manage our Flight Operations Team. I have over 3000 hours flying variety of UAS. I am currently the President of the Tucson Radio Control Club and the Contest Director for the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout, which is the biggest R/C Aerobatic Competition in the world. I compete in a competition in the Unlimited Class called IMAC which is Precision Aerobatics using a 40% Scale Extra 300 Aircraft. I believe R/C Flying is the perfect way to begin your career in aviation as not only it teaches you the basic skills, but you meet so many people in the industry that have similar stories to mine to help you get where you want to in life.
