OK, sure. I got my undergraduate degree from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and my graduate degree from Southern Illinois University. I spent nearly a decade working for an airline in a variety of roles before getting a job at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base.

For about 20 years, I was involved with history, education, public affairs, and aviation safety. During that time I wrote numerous books and research papers, mostly for NASA and the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. I also served as a volunteer with the Air Force Flight Test Museum and pursued an interest in aerospace archaeology.

Next, I hopped the fence to the Air Force Flight Test Center, where I spent several years supporting developmental and operational test and evaluation of fighters, bombers, tankers, transports, and unmanned aerial vehicles.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, my wife and I quit our jobs and moved to the Midwest. I took a year off to finish my magnum opus, Dreamland: The Secret History of Area 51. https://schifferbooks.com/products/dreamland?srsltid=AfmBOoppX9subTklzlZ7YRGOqallNDPtNuxn38G8Xtygm3Zk0m59VOs2

Now, I teach undergraduate aviation management courses at Southern Illinois University.