About

This is me, Curt Olson, in Peru, probably about age 12 going on 13.

I am connected to FlightGear, the University of Minnesota, Airborne Technologies, Virtual Choir maker, AuraUAS – err North Star UAS, ImageAnalysis mapping tools, and Cirrus Aircraft. I am a part 107 certified drone pilot, RC model airplane enthusiast, and sometimes thinker of thoughts and plunker of piano keyboards. My degree is in computer science (bachelors and masters.)

Fun fact, I was born in Peru but now I live in the USA. Other things I enjoy are cycling–weather permitting, running–shin permitting, soccer–old-age permitting, and a bit of photography on the extremely amateur end of the spectrum.

I work as an aerospace engineer at Cirrus Design in Duluth, MN. Cirrus turns out to be a super awesome company, highly recommended, 10/10! :-) My github, mastodon, youtube, etc. links are below.

Here is a picture of me getting a chance to fly the A320 full motion sim at NATCO in Minneapolis when that facility existed:

Here I am on my entrepreneurial (sp?) adventure with Tim @ ATI and our prototype Resolution marinized UAS:

Here is a picture when I started working at the U of MN AEM UAS Lab:

I’m not skilled at selfies, but here I am in the back seat of the Cirrus SF50 Vision Jet on a demo ride for our friends at MORAI:

Lol, if you’ve made it this far, you deserve to see a picture of a picture of me with my shirt off. To this day, this picture is enshrined in a glass display case in the main hallway of First Baptist Church in downtown Saint Paul, MN!