Publications – Periodicals and Web Sites 2017 to Present
“Spotlight on PB4Y-2 66300: One of World War II’s Most Overlooked Warbirds is the Consolidated PB4Y-2. Yanks Air Museum Sets the Matter Straight with a Special Celebration Honoring the Patrol Bomber.” Air Classics, March 2025. Page 48.
“New Technologies are Coming That Will Change How Fires are Detected and Fought.” Air Attack magazine (Issue 37), February 2025.
“Fighter Pilot Reunion: Joseph “Pete” Peterburs Reunites with the P-51D and Recalls Shooting Down One of the Luftwaffe’s Top Aces.” Air Classics, December 2024. Page 24.
“The End of an Era: Coulson Retires Hawaii Mars.” Air Attack magazine (Issue 35), October 2024.
“Planning for the Future: Addressing the Aging Aerial Fire Fighting Fleet.” Air Attack magazine (Part 1: Issue 34, Part 2: Issue 36) September and November 2024.
“National Park Overflight Rules Have Huge Impact on Air Tour Operators.” HeliOps magazine, Issue 152, November 2024. Page 124
“Pole Pullin’: In the Spring, It’s All About Maintaining Ski Lifts.” HeliOps magazine, Issue 149, September 2024. Page 180.
“In a Forgotten File: Photo in a Small Library Reveals a Connection to Combat Veteran Flying Fortress.” Air Classics, August 2024. Page 26
Tying Up the Mystery Liberators: In Our Continuing Search for These Post-War B-24 Bombers, Two Have Been Ruled Out as Survivors.” Air Classics, August 2024. Page 56.
“New Gallery Opens at Hill Aerospace Museum.” Vintage Aviation News, May 16, 2024. https://vintageaviationnews.com/aviation-museum-news/new-gallery-opens-at-hill-aerospace-museum-ad-working-on.html
“They Sabotaged Liberty: Few Thought that the Sabotage of Vitally-Needed Liberty Ships Would Come from American Workers.” Sea Classics, April 2024. Page 28.
“Philly B-24 Mystery Solved: Discovery of a Snapshot has Confirmed the Identity of a Liberator.” Air Classics, April 2024. Page 12.
“Another Mystery Liberator: Through Extensive Research, the Author Has Discovered Another Combat Veteran B-24 That Survived for Ten Years After the War.” Air Classics, March 2024. Page 20.
“Rare Rotors: An Amazing ‘Barn Find’ Uncovers a Horde of Historic Helicopters.” Air Classics, February 2024. Page 40.
“Ghost of Atka Island: This Consolidated B-24D Liberator is Preserved Where It Crash-Landed in 1942.” Air Classics, December 2023. Page 56.
“Castle Update: Lots of Activity at the Castle Air Museum.” Air Classics, December 2023. Page 14.
“Waco Family Reunion.” Air Classics, November 2023. Page 8.
“A Very Full Hangar: GossHawk Unlimited.” Air Classics, November 2023. Page 9.
“Mystery of the Everglades Privateer: How a Navy Patrol Bomber Went from Frontline Service to a Weekend Hideaway in a Swamp to a Museum Display!” Air Classics, November 2023. Page 22.
“The Ghost of Kalikat Creek: Project Warbird Has Acquired what has to be the World’s Last Potentially Flyable Consolidated Liberator Project.” Air Classics, September 2023, Page 62.
“New at the Palm Springs Air Museum.” Air Classics, September 2023. Page 8
“NASA Retires SOFIA” Aviation History magazine, Summer 2023, Page 7
“New Year’s Collision: How Did This Veteran WWII Victory Ship Collide with Another Freighter on a Clear Night North of San Francisco.” Sea Classics, July 2023, Page 22.
“Rebel Bomber! With the End of the Second World War, Thousands of Military Aircraft Suddenly Became Available for Private Purchase. It was as if a Pandora’s Box Had Opened for Latin American Revolutionaries, Dictators, and Would-be Dictators.” Air Classics, April 2023. Pg 32.
“Memorial Unveiled to Pan Am Stratocruiser Flight 7 Passengers and Crew” Vintage Aviation News, April 6, 2023 https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/memorial-unveiled-to-pan-am-stratocruiser-flight-7-passengers-and-crew.html
“Rebel Bomber! With the end of the Second World War, thousands of military aircraft suddenly became available for private purchase. It was as if a Pandora’s box had opened for Latin American Revolutionaries, Dictators, and would-be Dictators.” Air Classics, April 2023, Page 32
“Larkins on the Ramp: Recording West Coast Navy and Marine Corps Aircraft.” Air Classics, March 2023. Page 70
“NASA’s SOFIA 747SP Last Flight” Vintage Aviation News, Dec. 13, 2022 https://vintageaviationnews.com/warbird-articles/nasas-sofia-747sp-heads-for-retirement.html
“Another Liberator Mystery Solved!” (Urbana Boy Scout Bomber, N299A) Air Classics, Dec. 2022, Page 36
“Checklist (book reviews: Fifteenth Air Force War Diary; From Prairie to the Pacific; US Naval Antisubmarine Operations, South Atlantic; Macchi C.202 Folgore) Air Classics, Dec. 2022, Page 92
“The US Navy and Operation Dominic” Sea Classics, Dec. 2022, Page 24
“The William T. Larkins Collection: Larkins at Night” Air Classics, Nov. 2022, Page 64
“Shuffling the Deck: Renovations at the National Air & Space Museum’s Hazy Center” Air Classics, Oct. 2022, Page 14
“Saving an Historic Hangar: Moffett Field’s Hangar 1” Air Classics, Aug. 2022, Page 87
“Checklist (book reviews: Red Raider Officer’s Diary; Royal Flush and Black Sunday; Corsair Cockpits; Duke Hawkins Spitfire; Pacific Profiles) Air Classics, Aug. 2022, Pg. 90
“Lil’ Margaret Ready to Go” Air Classics, July 2022, Page 15
“Charles Kingsford Smith’s Landing Site Preserved in Christchurch, New Zealand.” Vintage Aviation News, July 1, 2022. https://vintageaviationnews.com/vintage-aviation/charles-kingsford-smiths-landing-site-preserved-in-christchurch-new-zealand.html
“Ship Ashore: 1920s Yacht by the Roadside” Sea Classics, July 2022, Page 8
“Hot Dog Stand Liberator” Air Classics, July. 2022, Page56
“Warbird Roadside Attractions” Air Classics, July. 2022, Page 66
“How the Japanese Attacked Emidio” Sea Classics, June 2022, Page 48
“New Mystery Liberator” (Hastings College and Li’l Quaker) Air Classics, April 2022, Page 18
“Checklist (book reviews: History Mediterranean Air War; Pacific Corsair; The Red Helmet; Through the Flak, Fog, and Flame) Air Classics, April 2022, Page 90
“Checklist (book reviews: B-45 Tornado; Corsair Down) Air Classics, March 2022, Page 18
“Warbird Report: Facelift for the ‘Belle” Air Classics, Feb. 2022, Page 6
“Checklist (book reviews: Flight 7 is Missing; Eagles Over Darwin) Air Classics, Feb. 2022, Page 14
“Mystery of the Missing Dominators” Air Classics, Jan. 2022 Page 34
“NAHI Winners Recognized at Reno” Aviation History, Jan. 2022, Page 8
“Destruction of an Air Force: Dec. 7, 1941” Air Classics, Dec. 2021, Page 60
“Checklist (book reviews: Pacific Patrol; Chasing Planes) Air Classics, Dec. 2021, Pg. 16
“Destruction of the Fleet: Pearl Harbor Attack” Sea Classics, Dec. 2021, Page 20
“Ask Nick: A Lost Stormbird” Air Classics, Oct. 2021, Page 61
“Captain’s Locker (Book Reviews: Liberty Factory; Spoils of War; Shipwrecks PacNW) Sea Classics, Oct. 2021, Page 48
“Boy Scout Bomber, Mexico’s Elvis…and a Mystery Solved” Air Classics, Sept. 2021, Page 54
“Hidden in the Nest: Mothball Fleets” Sea Classics, Sept. 2021, Page 22
“Up-Gunning the Privateer” Air Classics, Aug. 2021, Page 40
“Japan’s Sea Monsters: I-400 Class Submarines” Sea Classics, Aug. 2021, Page 36
“Checklist (book reviews: B-25 in Backyard; Flightline; American RCAF Warriors) Air Classics, Aug. 2021, Page 86
“Caught in the Open: HMS Prince of Wales, Repulse” Sea Classics, July 2021, Page 38
“Remembering the 1945 Navy Plane Crash in San Carlos Hills” Climate magazine, June 2021, Page 16 – This story resulted in the City of San Carlos placing a memorial plaque to the seven servicemen who perished in the crash. Sixteen survived.
“More than a Convenience: Neighborhood Markets in the Pandemic” Climate magazine, April 2021, Page 22
“More Mystery Liberators” Air Classics, March 2021, Page 28
“Rare Bird Cage Corsair Restoration Making Progress” LogBook magazine, March 2021 (Vol. 15, No. 3), Page 47
“Advances Made on Rare ‘Bird Cage’ Corsair” FlyPast magazine, Feb 2021, Page 12
“Sink Everything in Sight! Operation Hailstone” Sea Classics, Feb. 2021, Pg 12
“Down Under Liberator” Air Classics, Feb. 2021, Page 10
“Mystery of the Orange County Privateers” Air Classics, Feb. 2021, Page 18
“Corsair Factory!” Air Classics, Feb. 2021, Page 16
“Checklist (book reviews: B-17 Production; Final Cut; B-17 in Foreign Service; Losses 8th and 9th AF) Air Classics, Feb. 2021, Page 92
“Death of the Bikini Battle Fleet: Atomic Testing” Sea Classics, Jan. 2021, Page 10
“Ghost Signs” Climate magazine, Oct. 2020
“Stout 2-AT Airliners for Sale at Wanamaker’s” Aviation History, Oct. 2020, Page 12
“Location Hunters: Filming the Aircraft Carrier Scenes in Magnum Force.” Cinema Retro, Issue 48 (2020)
“Fw 190 White 1 Progress in Arizona” FlyPast magazine, Aug. 2020, Page 14
“Identify the Port Traffic: Cartagena, Columbia” Sea Classics, April 2020, Page 38
“Mystery of the Black Widow Mural” Warbirds International, March 2020, Pg 12
“NAHI Returns to Reno” Aviation History, Jan. 2020, Page 8
“RNZAF Update” Warbirds International, Dec. 2020, Page 14
“Return of a Hero (SBD-2 Buno 2106” Warbirds International, Dec. 2020, Page 22
“Dirty Harry’s Mystery Carriers” Sea Classics, April 2019, Page 10
“NAHI Returns to Reno” Aviation History, March 2019, Page 8
“In Search of Hawaii’s Ghostly Warriors” Sea Classics, March 2019, Page 8
“Forgotten Corsair: XF4U-3” Air Classics, June 2018, Page 18
“Big Island Bolo” Warbirds International, Oct/Nov. 2017, Page 6
“The Last Brewster [Corsair]” Warbirds International, Jul/Aug. 2017, Page 14
“Stuck on Poles [P-51 Mustangs]” Mustangs International, Summer 2017, Page 6
“Privateer Shoot-Down” Air Classics, November 2016, Page 20
“Sealed Bid” Warbirds International, Oct./Nov. 2016, Page 42
“Mid-Air Over Mt. Bliss” Air Classics, Sept. 2016, Page 18
“Pima Preview” Warbirds International, Jul/Aug. 2016, Page 22
“Mystery of Casa de Commando” Air Classics, July 2016, Page 6
Target of Opportunity: Comet ISON NASA SOFIA Science Center - 19 Nov 2013 https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SOFIA/docs/publications/science-results-archive/target-opportunity-comet-ison/index.html
Reuse, Recycle: SOFIA Obtains Spare Parts from Government Surplus 747s 24 Sept 2013 https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SOFIA/docs/publications/science-results-archive/reuse-recycle-sofia-obtains-spare-parts-government-surplus/index.html
NASA’s SOFIA Investigates the Southern Sky from New Zealand 18 July 2013 www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-sofia-investigates-the-southern-sky-from-new-zealand-2/
SOFIA Observations Reveal a Surprise in Massive Star Formation 8 June 2013 https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/sofia-observations-reveal-a-surprise-in-massive-star-formation/
Educator Teams Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Airborne Observatory 6 June 2013 www.nasa.gov/news-release/educator-teams-fly-on-nasas-sofia-airborne-observatory
SOFIA Spots Recent Starbursts in the Milky Way Galaxy’s Center 6 Jan 2013 www.nasa.gov/news-release/sofia-spots-recent-starbursts-in-the-milky-way-galaxys-center/
NASA’s SOFIA Captures Images of the Planetary Nebula M2-9 6 June 2013 www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-sofia-captures-images-of-the-planetary-nebula-m2-9-2/
Educators Selected to Fly on NASA’s SOFIA Observatory 5 June 2013 www.nasa.gov/news-release/educators-selected-to-fly-on-nasas-sofia-airborne-observatory/
SOFIA Image of the Newborn Star Cluster W3A 6 Jan 2013 www.nasa.gov/news-release/new-star-cluster-w3a-images-captured-by-sofia-observatory-2/
SOFIA Target of Opportunity: Observing Supernova 2014J 4 Mar 2014 www.technology.org/2014/03/04/sofia-target-opportunity-observing-supernova-2014j
NASA’s SOFIA Finds Missing Link Between Supernovae and Planet Formation www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasas-sofia-finds-missing-link-between-supernovae-and-planet-formation
NASA Selects Next Generation Spectrometer for SOFIA Flying Observatory 8 Sept 2016 https://phys.org/news/2016-09-nasa-spectrometer-sofia-observatory.html
Observations of a Comet’s First Passage through the Solar System Reveals Unexpected Secrets 13 Nov 2017 https://phys.org/news/2017-11-comet-passage-solar-reveal-unexpected.html
Astronomy from 40,000 Feet and 43.5 Degrees South 1 Sept 2017 https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SOFIA/docs/publications/science-results-archive/astronomy-40000-feet-and-435-degrees-south/index.html
SOFIA Finds Cool Dust Around Energetic Active Black Holes 13 June 2017 https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SOFIA/docs/publications/science-results-archive/sofia-finds-cool-dust-around-energetic-active-black-holes/index.html
SOFIA Confirms Nearby Planetary System is Similar to Our Own 15 May 2017 https://science.nasa.gov/universe/exoplanets/sofia-confirms-nearby-planetary-system-is-similar-to-our-own/
Don’t Judge an Asteroid by its Cover: Mid-Infrared Data from SOFIA Shows Ceres’ True Composition 1 Jan 2017 https://irsa.ipac.caltech.edu/data/SOFIA/docs/publications/science-results archive/don%E2%80%99t-judge-asteroid-its-cover-mid-infrared-data-sofia-shows/index.html
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