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Dan Bedore's Career

Me digging up Cacti
When I was a kid, one of my science fair projects was rescuing endangered coast barrel cacti. We dug them up from a hill that was being quarried for gravel, and stored them temporarily in a warehouse. Fairly soon, they were transplanted by other people to suitable places.
Me with my Human Powered Vehicle
As a sophomore in college, I was the chief engineer on this Human Powered Vehicle, which went over 45 miles per hour. Eddie, Carlos, and I built the bike, and a crew of about a dozen built the fairing. Dave, an Olympic Bicycling Medalist, pedaled it.
A Television Reporting Truck
In college, I designed and drew all kinds of assemblies and sheet metal parts for Mobile Cam, a company which built trucks full of video gear TV stations sent to news scenes.
Kyle gives me the Paper Airplane Prize
Also in college, I won a paper airplane contest. The idea was to land in a specific spot, but most people's airplanes floated around with the turbulent winds in front of the engineering building. I built mine like a lawn dart, so it was unaffected by winds. That's it standing up in the foreground.
Aircraft Control Circuit
Aircraft Control Circuit
After college, I designed and built some circuits that controlled Remotely Piloted Vehicles. The circuits controlled the wing surfaces to cause the wings to fold and unfold in flight.
Me in the Fuel Lab
Here I am in a fuel systems lab, testing parts early in my career.
Looks like this valve will need some more work
A valve suffers a fatigue failure and sprays fuel.
I redesigned this sleeve valve.
I redesigned this sleeve valve for lower pressure droop, better manufactureability, and to simplify calibration and assembly into fuel controls.
Combline Filter
This Combline Filter was typical of my projects at REMEC.
757 Pneumatics Mockup
A complete iron bird mockup of the pneumatic system of a 757 and 767. We used the system to test various proposed solutions to pressure oscillations in the compressed air ducts.
Keith and me in Yuma with the B717
Keith and I often travelled to Yuma, Arizona to conduct flight tests on the MD95 or Boeing 717.
MA60 Commuter Aircraft I tested in China.
In April of 2002, I was in Xi'an China for 3 weeks to flight test a gas turbine engine (APU) on an MA60 commuter turboprop aircraft.
An APU
One of the many Airborne Auxiliary Power Units I've worked on.
C27J Aircraft
I developed Diagnostic Systems for C27J and C5M aircraft.

My Resume

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