Longest career as an aeronautical engineer

Longest career as an aeronautical engineer
WHO
John W. “Jack” Boyd
WHAT
73:000 year(s):day(s)
WHERE
United States
WHEN
2020

The longest career as an aeronautical engineer is 73 years, achieved by John W. “Jack” Boyd (USA), from 1947 to 2020.

Jack started his career before any human had gone to space or travelled faster than the speed of sound. After graduating from Virginia Tech, he began his career working for the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and retired from NASA's Ames Research Center the day before his 95th birthday.