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The Drone Enigma: Goodreads Giveaway
I have allocated ten copies of The Drone Enigma for a Goodreads Giveaway that will run through February 13th. Residents of the US, UK and Canada are eligible to win a copy. If you win, please review the book on Goodreads.
The Drone Enigma Awarded Readers’ Favorite 5-Star Rating
This weekend I returned from North Carolina, where my wife and I had been visiting relatives over the Christmas holiday, to find that Readers' Favorite, the book review and award website, had given The Drone Enigma a 5-Star rating. The Drone Enigma has been available...
Working with a Publisher’s Editors
I mentioned in an earlier post that my book, The Drone Enigma, will be published by Koehler Books in January 2014. I'm in final stages leading up to publication and have recently completed the edit process with the publisher. No one enjoys the self-editing and...
Hampton Roads Writers Conference 2013
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...
Salty Dog 501 Aborts Carrier Landing
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 plan was to have the...
Historic Day for the US Navy and Naval Aviation
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, like a manned aircraft,...