David "Zipper" Goodman is president and founder of Vertical
Avionics Inc.
An experimental aviation enthusiast, David
completed his first airplane, a plans-built KR-2S derivative, nicknamed
“Goliath”, in 2007. He has over 225 hours in this aircraft above 15
states and more than 550 hours of private pilot time distributed between
Cessnas, Pipers, and various experimental aircraft. He holds a
private pilot’s license (
In the Navy, David started as an enlisted avionics technician.
Later, he earned a commission and wore the wings of Naval Flight
Officer. He amassed almost 3,000 hours, 575 carrier landings, and logged
flight time in 17 different platforms. The majority of his military flying was
in the EA-6B, F/A-18, and F-16.
The view from the "office" of
the EA-6B. This photo was on July 4th, 2002 over
