Bio

Aviation and its history have been a very important part of my entire life.  I grew up with a father who flew for the US Air Force as a pilot and served in Vietnam.  My mother obtained her private pilot's license, my sister received her glider pilot rating and I have my PPL.  My bachelor's degree is in aeronautical engineering and I spent nearly 40 years in the aerospace industry working on; Space, Defense and Commercial programs.  I received a masters in military history in 2013 and have had an article on the B-17 published in The Journal of America's Military Past  (Winter 2014, Vol. XXXIX). As a professional aviation photographer I recently won the 2022 Aviation Week Photo Contest of 'Best of the Best' in content with an image of an EA-18G "Growler".  I am currently working on a book project related to the 398th BG in 1944.