Erik Anderson

Grosse Ile High School

Class of 1989

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First Name	Erik
Last Name	Anderson
Graduation Year	Class of 1989
Gender	Male
City	N/A
State/Province	MD
Country	United States
Occupation	Aerospace Engineer - Experimental Flight Test Engineer
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Being a founding member of the rowing team. We had no idea what we were getting ourselves into. Just a bunch of maniacs that got up at 3:45 in the morning in order to work our tails off, only to fall asleep in class.
About Me	I spent ten year on active duty and flew all around the world. Almost got stabbed in the stomach in Albania by a bayonet on the end of an AK-47 (it’s a long story). I went to school and earned a B.S. in Business Management with a dual concentration of Corporate Law and Physics. I then attended grad school and Embry-Riddle and was a dual major with a M.S Aeronautics, which means I studies how to get stuff in orbit, and an M.S. Aviation Management, which now means that I learned that there is a real lot that I still don’t know. I got off active duty in 2001 and was hired to do engineering work on advanced military aircraft. In January 2003 I was recalled back to active duty and pulled a year tour in Afghanistan. Almost got shot down but by the grace of God I am still alive (30% of my flight school class is not) so I consider myself lucky. I flew the Apache attack helicopter on over 450 combat sorties. I am currently one of the Senior Aerospace Engineers on the Presidential Helicopter Program. I have two children; Conner is 5 and Morgen is 3. Should you ever get a chance to ea...(read more)