Eric Kendall has worked in aviation for more than sixty years, beginning as an apprentice in 1949. He graduated from Southampton University and the College of Aeronautics in the United Kingdom. He moved to America in 1966 and worked with Lockheed–Georgia, Learjet, and McDonnell Douglas in a technical management capacity. He taught evening classes at the California State University in varied aeronautical subjects, including avionics. He completed his career in 2011 as a senior technical specialist and associate technical fellow of the Boeing Aircraft Corporation in Long Beach, California.