Steven A. Brandt, PhD, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), is Professor of Aeronautics at the United States Air Force Academy. He is an engineer and a pilot with over 3000 hours’ flying time in jet fighter and training aircraft, and over 30 years’ experience as a platform instructor. He has taught the capstone aircraft design course at USAFA for 25 years and was a pioneer in the use of design/build/fly as an instructional method. He is author of the textbook Introduction to Aeronautics, and currently leads aircraft design projects for a number of government agencies and private corporations.