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Old 01-14-2007 | 01:22 PM
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Default Don Engen
Originally Posted by Fins Up
Is it normal to have an FAA administrator who was never a pilot? Just curious
Originally Posted by slaveship
Yep, it's all lawyers and politicians dude.....

Well, not always. VADM Don Engen, former Navy test pilot, served 1984-1987. But he departed after disputes with Sec. of Transportation Elizabeth Dole, so the politicians always win in the end. Engen was killed in a glider crash (1999).
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