Walter J. Boyne is the former Director of the Smithsonian
Institution’s National Air and Space Museum and the Chairman
Emeritus of the National Aeronautic Association. He accumulated
more than 5,000 flight hours in a variety of U.S. Air Force
aircraft, including the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress as a nuclear
test pilot with Air Force Systems Command. Colonel Boyne has
written over 70 aviation-related books including bestsellers on
both the New York Times fiction and nonfiction lists. Colonel Boyne
holds degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and the University
of California at Berkeley.
In 2007, he was inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame,
joining approximately 270 of the most famous names in global
aviation. In 2011, he was inducted into the American Combat Airman
Hall of Fame for his service during the Vietnam War. In 2014, he
received the Major General I. B. Holley Award from the Air Force
Historical Foundation for contributions to the preservation of Air
Force history. He is also a member of the French Society de l’Air
et de l’Espace.
Colonel Boyne is one of the most frequently-televised authorities
in highly-rated aerospace programming of the Discovery and History
Channels. He continues to be a much sought-after on-air expert for
domestic and international television productions. Colonel Boyne
wrote a regular column on historic airplanes for the Air Force
Association’s Air Force magazine.
Philip Handleman is President of Handleman Filmworks, an
Emmy-winning independent production company. Mr. Handleman’s still
photography graces the U.S. postage stamps that commemorate the
50th anniversaries of the Air Force and the Air Force Academy, with
print runs of 45 million and 60 million, respectively. He is a
long-time pilot who currently owns and flies a World War II-vintage
Stearman biplane. He has written 22 aviation-related books and
maintains one of the world’s largest aviation libraries at his
private airport. Mr. Handleman graduated from Washington University
and completed the Executive Academy at the University of Michigan’s
Graduate School of Business Administration.
Mr. Handleman is the recipient of the 2008 Harriet Quimby Award
from the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame for contributions to
aviation art and literature. In 2010, he received the Combs Gates
Award from the National Aviation Hall of Fame for contributions to
the preservation of America’s air and space heritage. He has also
been recognized by the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum
with its Outstanding Achievement Award and its Lifetime
Distinguished Achievement Award. For his advocacy of Selfridge Air
National Guard Base, the National Guard Association of Michigan
presented him with an Honorary Life Membership.
Known as a staunch aviation advocate, Mr. Handleman fostered
changes in federal aviation statutes that enhance nondiscriminatory
regulation in the national airspace system. His articles have
appeared in many aviation publications like Aviation History
magazine. He has also contributed to a wide range of non-aviation
publications, including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the
Los Angeles Times.
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