Born: United States of America
Primarily active in: United States of America

1963 - 2017

Eric Carl Robeson was born February 28, 1963, and grew up in Newport News, Virginia, and later York County, where he graduated from Tabb High School. He earned an engineering degree from Old Dominion University, in nearby
Norfolk.

He worked for the US Army as an aerospace engineer at Fort Eustis for 34 years: he started as a co-op in 1983 with the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD, now part of the Aviation Development Directorate, ADD), moving to the Aviation Integration Directorate (AID) in 1999, where he finished his career. He had been a member of AHS since August 1985.

Mr. Robeson passed away on February 24, 2017, after a courageous 9-month battle with cancer. He was 53. 

AHS Update: Vertiflite January/February 2018