Philip R. Fittante

Philip R. Fittante is a retired US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel. He is a graduate of Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training and the US Air Force Test Pilot School. He served as a T-38 Instructor Pilot, B-1B Evaluator Pilot and Chief Developmental Test Pilot for both the B-1B and B-2 bombers. As a US Navy civilian Flight Test Engineer and Test Pilot, he conducted developmental testing of the P-8A and MQ-4C UAS. A member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots since 1998, he is a current flight instructor and aircraft owner with an airline transport pilot certificate. He holds a BS in Mathematical Sciences from UNC Chapel Hill, an MS in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, an MS in Computer Science from Midwestern State University and an MA in National Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor for the Career Pilot/Aviation Management degree program at Guilford Technical Community College in Greensboro, NC. He is co-author of the new 5th edition of the college aeronautics textbook, Flight Theory and Aerodynamics. He is also the author of 2 novels: Spirit Flight, an aviation thriller about a B-2 strike into North Korea and God's Eye, a near-future sci-fi thriller. He is a married father of two living in North Carolina.