Nils Larson

Nils Larson is a research test pilot at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. He is NASA’s lead pilot for the X-59 aircraft and is assigned to Armstrong’s F/A-18, F-15, T-34 research and mission support aircraft and previously the DC-8 airborne science aircraft. Larson also serves as senior advisor for NASA aeronautical flight research. In this role, he is a strategic advisor to program directors for agency mission directorates concerning aeronautics flight research planning, execution, aircraft airworthiness, and risk management for future flight research projects. In support of the Quesst mission, Larson has flown numerous supersonic research flights for NASA’s Commercial Supersonic Technology project.