Linden Blue, Vice-Chairman of General Atomics and a strong supporter of National University’s School of Engineering and Technology will be holding a press conference this Wednesday to announce something very exciting for the field of aviation. After attending Yale in the 50’s, Linden and his brother Neil set off on a flying adventure through South America looking for business opportunities. The journey of 22,000 miles ended up as a cover story in Life magazine. From growing cocoa and banana in Nicaragua, being forced to land in Cuba and subsequently held in a prison for 12 day’s just prior to the Bay of Pigs invasion, to purchasing, with his brother Neil, General Atomics in 1985, Linden has lived an extraordinary life and had a love of aviation since he was eight years old. During his time as an executive with Lear Jet and CEO of Beech Aircraft Linden pioneered new manufacturing techniques using advanced composite materials for aircraft. General Atomics supplies the U.S. Government with the Predator drone, an un-manned plane used heavily in Iraq and elsewhere to save lives. Linden has devoted much of the last twenty years to the development of a superior aircraft. This week’s announcement should be very interesting so stay tuned.
It will be particularly exciting for me because Linden graciously invited me to attend the conference in Florida this week. Thank you Linden!
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