David L McCurryAuthor Dave McCurry grew up an avid outdoorsman involved in hunting, fishing, and mountain climbing, but spent most of his life flying fixed-wing aircraft. As a young kid during the late 1950s and early 1960s, Dave scanned the skies taking note of evry type of old radial-engine aircraft that flew over knowing that someday he would be a part of the flying world. Starting out young, he had already co-owned two airplanes by the time that he reached twenty-one years of age. During his fifty years involvement in flying; Dave has served as a flight instructor, contract pilot, and charter pilot, and had the opportunity of flying more than 200 different types of single and multi-engine aircraft. Having an intense interest in aviation history, he cherished the opportunity to study historical aircraft wrecks that are located all over the Western United States, and with twenty-five years of experience in wreck hunting and aviation archaeology, Dave has become a notable writer. Read More Read Less