Zoomies! Welcome to the last episode of the Fall 2022 semester, today we welcome the one and only Col Douglass Wickert. He graduated from the Academy in 1995 and went on to become a test pilot, worked with DARPA, spent some time in the Pentagon, and is now a Permanent Professor in the Aero Department here at the Academy. We touch on topics including ways to become a test pilot and astronaut, how engineering has helped him as a pilot, bureaucracy and how to combat it, and lots more. Tune in for all the details, thanks for listening!

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