(affiliations cited solely for identification - no endorsement implied)
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• Gregory ALEGI, Italy, Acting Board Chair World War 1 AEROPLANES, Inc.; preeminent historian Italian Aviation, formerly Curator, Museo Aeronautico Caproni a Trento, Trento, Italy; author and co-author of numerous aviation history books, including “ABOVE THE WAR FRONTS: A Complete Record of the British Two-seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-seater Fighter Observer Aces, and the Belgian, Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Russian Fighter Aces, 1914-1918” and Windsock Datafiles publications on Hanriot HD.1 and HD.2 Monoplanes, Bleriot XI Monoplane, Ansaldo A.1 Balilla Biplane, SIA 7B Biplane, Caproni Ca.3 and Caproni Ca.4 Biplanes, and Lohner TI/Macchi L1 Flying Boat; Aerospace History Professor at the Italian Air Force Academy; past President of European Aviation Preservation Council |
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• Tom POLAPINK, Board Secretary and Acting Treasurer World War 1 AEROPLANES, Inc.; formerly Museum Director, Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; formerly longtime volunteer, Rhinebeck Aerodrome Museum; Contributing Editor WW1 AERO - Models Section; twenty-two years Product & Tooling Design & Development for Electrical Equipment Manufacturer |
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• Carroll F. GRAY, has taken a leave of absence as Board Chair World War 1 AEROPLANES, Inc., to edit WW1 AERO issues #199, #200 and #201 while remaining an active Board Member; twenty-five years experience with not-for-profit corporations and foundations, in fundraising and grant writing and grants management, in planning, operation, agency and foundation management (as board member and board chair, program director, executive director and chief operating officer) and organizational capacity building; Pioneer-Era aviation historian; biographer of Exhibition Era aviator Lincoln Beachey; author of numerous aviation history articles; President Southern California Wing OX5 Aviation Pioneers and Historians; aviation script consultant and fact-checker WGBH Boston PBS; Member 1910 Los Angeles Aviation Meet Centennial Committee; Member Advisory Task Force Dominguez Adobe 1910 Los Angeles Aviation Meet Exhibit |
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• Dan HAGEDORN, Archives Research Team Leader and Adjunct Curator, Latin American Aviation, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C.; official Sixth Air Force Historian; author of nine aviation history books, including “Seventy years of conflict in the skies of Central and South America” and “ALAE SUPRA CANALEM - Wings Over the Canal: The Sixth Air Force and Antilles Air Command” as well as more than 200 articles for the world's leading aviation publications |
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• Ted SACHER, formerly USAF Crew Chief RF-4C and FB-111B aircraft; Western Front Association and League of WW1 Aviation Historians; winner 1996 Thornton D. Hooper Award for Editorial Excellence; internationally noted aviation writer and photographer; Award of Recognition for Photography - Delaware State House of Representatives; airshow announcer; WW1 aviation guest speaker and consultant; Member: Experimental Aircraft Association, Vintage Airplane, Cross and Cockade, The First World War Aviation Society, The Western Front Association |
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• Joshua STOFF, Curator, Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City, Long Island, N.Y.; author of seventeen aviation history books, including “Aerospace Heritage of Long Island,” “From Airship to Spaceship: Long Island in Aviation and Spaceflight,” “Long Island Aircraft Crashes 1909-1959,” “Long Island Airports Picture History of Early Aviation 1903-1913,” “Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production,” and “Transatlantic Flight: A Picture History, 1873-1939”; M.A. in Museum Studies (Univ. of Toronto - 1981); qualified for Private Pilot license at age of 17; Member/Subscriber of WW1 Aero since his High School days |
| Previous Board Members: Wally Batter - January 1980 - December 1982 Canadian - Drew early covers - Modeling section Sandra Opdycke - January 1983 - December 1984 Gordon Bainbridge - Pilot - Restored Aircraft for Cole Palen January 1983 - December 1984 - Died 1993 James L. Shanahan - January 1985 - December 1985 Edward L. Peck - January 1986 - December 1986 David A. Anderton - Author - April 1987 - Date January 1989 Roland Bliss - January 1989 - December 2000 Jack Bruce - Author - Profiles/Datafiles - January 1987 - Died 25 May 2002 Peter M. Bowers - Author - January 1987 - Died 27 April 2003 Robert Mikesh - Author - NASM Sr. Curator Aircraft Restoration April 1993 - July 2004 - Resigned due to family needs Lou Buffardi - Author - Modeler - July 1999 - July 2004 Resigned as Model Editor for WW1 Aero, continues with Skyways Philip Jarrett - Author - October 2002 - July 2005 - Resigned Bruce Vander Mark - October 2002 - October 2005 - Resigned Peter Grosz - Author - Datafiles - January 1987 - Died 29 September 2006 Hal Andrews - Author - July 1990 - Died 15 May 2007 August G. Blume - Author - October 2005 - Resigned 30 August 2007 Paul R. Hare - Author - ca. 1979 - Resigned 2 December 2007 |