Class of: 1998

Prospero Uybarreta

Prospero Uybarreta (ENG’98) of Wichita, Kans., is a scaled composites experimental test pilot. At the 59th Annual Symposium Awards Banquet of the Society of Test Pilots (SETP), Prospero received the prestigious Iven C. Kincheloe Award, which recognizes outstanding professional accomplishment in the conduct of flight testing, for his contributions to Bombardier’s CSeries and CRJSeries commercial jet flight test programs. The Kincheloe Award is the highest and most prestigious accolade a professional test pilot can achieve. Kincheloe Award trophies are maintained at the National Air and Space Museum and at the SETP headquarters.

From the Winter-Spring 2016 issue.