2026 AIAA Associate Fellow, Flight Test Instrumentation, The Boeing Company
Greg Magone, a flight test instrumentation engineer at The Boeing Company, has been named a 2026 AIAA Associate Fellow. His citation recognizes him “for outstanding contributions to flight test through advancement of instrumentation operations.”
His path
Greg holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology from Montana State University in Bozeman (2003), an M.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington (2011), an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering (2021) and an M.S. in Product Development Engineering (2022) from the University of Southern California, and a Ph.D. in Systems Engineering from Colorado State University (2025). His doctoral dissertation addressed scalable system architecture for CubeSats.
Greg has been with Boeing for nearly 20 years. He began his career there as a fasteners and bearings engineer. After reading a Boeing News Now article about a former flight test engineer, and hearing from a colleague that flight test was hiring, he applied through Boeing’s internal careers site and was hired into flight test engineering. Management assigned him to flight test instrumentation, where he has remained.
His work
Flight test instrumentation engineering covers the specification, installation, calibration, and operation of the sensors and data acquisition systems that record aircraft parameters during flight testing. The data collected are used to verify aircraft performance and systems behavior and to support certification.
From October 2022 to August 2026, Greg served as Lead Flight Test Engineer for Instrumentation Operations, leading a team of nine. Since August 2026 he has served as a Subject Matter Expert and Technical Lead Engineer. In October 2026 he also became Fleet Instrumentation Refurbishment Focal for the KC-46A Tanker program.
The project Greg identifies as most significant to him is the flight test program for the first 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I). It was his first flight test airplane, and it flew in an orange livery rather than the standard Boeing blue.
Greg describes the Associate Fellow designation as formal recognition, from outside Boeing, of the professional work he has done over the course of his career.
AIAA and the PNW Section
Greg credits AIAA membership with raising the standard of his own work. In his words, “There are a lot of smart and skilled aerospace engineers in the AIAA, and being part of the ecosystem motivates me to do my engineering work better than I would otherwise.”
The PNW Section will recognize Greg at its Technical Symposium this spring.
Advice for others
Greg advises early-career engineers to develop proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including its advanced features. He notes that Excel has been a universal tool in engineering and that knowing how to use it well has been foundational to his career.
The PNW Section congratulates Greg on being named an AIAA Associate Fellow.
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