Areas of Expertise: Former WC-130 crew member and Air Weather Service airman in the United States Air Force. Also former Reservist in the Power Production career code. Twenty years experience in the semiconductor industry, and another twelve as an IT engineer working for the Department of Defense. Areas of interest and expertise include all aspects of aviation in all time periods, although specialize in aircraft and tactics from World War II to the end of the Vietnam Conflict. Interests also include history of different time periods, from the American Civil War to Medieval warfare during the period 1100 to approximately 1600. Also very knowledgeable in the American expansion of the West, particularly the cattle trade (1865-1885) and the mining era (1865-1915). Interests include prospecting and all aspects of mineral mining.