Robert L. Riedenauer was born in Fresno, California in 1916. He flew the F-104 at the Airpark and was the only test pilot to have flown the U-2, the SR-71 and the F-117, in a military and civilian flight test career that included advanced development of some of the most famous aircraft of the 20th century. He earned a BS Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Arizona State University in 1967 and graduated from the USAF Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in 1969. He flew T-33, A/T-37, T-38, F-86, F-104, F-105, F-4, F/FB-111, F-117, SR-71, B-52 and U-2 aircraft, flew the first production flight of the F-117 Nighthawk, and later retired from Lockheed in 1993. Riedenauer was a Fellow in the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and logged over 6,500 hours in more than 50 different aircraft. He also flew 120 combat missions in the F-105 in Southeast Asia in 1968 and was honored with the Air Force Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with eleven oak leaf clusters, and the Meritorious Service Medal.