by admin | Sep 27, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Hampton Roads Writers, Hampton Roads Writers Conference, Kevin Maurer, Koyoko Leaman, Lisa McMann, Lydia Netzer, Uncategorized, Writers Conferences
The 5th annual Hampton Roads Writers Conference was held at the Westin Hotel at Town Center in Virginia Beach September 19-21. The conference began Thursday evening and ran through Saturday. Because of a previous commitment, I was unable to attend the Thursday evening...
by admin | Jul 21, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Navy, The Drone Enigma, X-47B
On July 10, 2013, after two earlier successful trapped landings on the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77), the Navy’s X-47B “Salty Dog 502” drone self-aborted on a third attempt and flew to an airfield on Wallops Island on the Virginia Eastern Shore. The...
by admin | Jul 13, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, Navy, The Drone Enigma, USS George HW Bush, X-47B
Remember the date, Wednesday, July 10, 2013. It’s the day that the US Navy’s drone, the X-47B dubbed “Salty Dog 502,” made an arrested or trapped landing on an aircraft carrier, the USS George HW Bush (CVN-77). In trapped landings, the drone,...
by admin | Mar 21, 2013 | Author Questionnaire, Books by Ron McManus, Koehler Books, Publication Process, Publishing Process, Publishing Project Management, Where Writers Win
What happens after signing with a publisher has been a mystery to me. I signed with Koehler Books earlier this month, and over the next several months, I will be posting my experiences and opinions regarding the process leading up to book launch. Although I’ve...
by admin | Mar 8, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone
In December, Iran claimed to have captured a U.S. ScanEagle surveillance drone that was violating Iranian airspace. The ScanEagle, designed to be flown from a ship, is a small drone, 4.5 feet long with a wingspan of 10.2 feet with an empty weight of under 30 pounds....
by admin | Feb 26, 2013 | Books by Ron McManus, Drone, Drones, Virginian-Pilot
In an update to yesterday’s blog post, Stacy Parker has reported today in the Virginian-Pilot (“Hobbyists finding there’s not place like drone”) that Virginia’s two-year moratorium on the use of drones by police and government agencies...
