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William B. Scott
Biography
William B. Scott is a full-time author and consultant. He retired as the Rocky Mountain Bureau Chief for Aviation Week & Space Technology, following a 22-year career with the international magazine. He also served as Senior National Editor in Washington, and in Avionics and Senior Engineering Editor positions in Los Angeles. He covered advanced aerospace and weapons technology, business, flight testing and military operations, wrote more than 2,500 stories for the magazine, and received 17 editorial awards. To date, he’s coauthored four books: Space Wars: The First Six Hours of World War III (fiction - 2007, 2008, 2010); Inside the Stealth Bomber: The B-2 Story (nonfiction - 1991), a Space Wars sequel, entitled Counterspace: The Next Hours of World War III (2009), and License to Kill: The Murder of Erik Scott (2018). His first solo-written novel is The Permit.
Bill is a Flight Test Engineer (FTE) graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and a licensed commercial pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings. In 12 years of military and civilian flight testing, evaluating aircraft for Aviation Week over 22 years, and personal flying, he’s logged approximately 2,000 hours on 81 aircraft types. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University-Sacramento.
During a nine-year Air Force career, Bill served as aircrew on classified airborne-sampling missions, collecting nuclear debris by flying through radioactive clouds; an electronics engineering officer at the National Security Agency, developing space communications security systems for satellites; and an instrumentation and flight test engineer on U.S. Air Force fighter and transport aircraft development programs. He also served as a civilian FTE/program manager for three aerospace companies: General Dynamics (F-16 Full Scale Development), Falcon Jet Corp. (Coast Guard HU-25A development and certification), and Tracor Flight Systems Inc. (Canadair Challenger development and certification, plus numerous fighter, transport and helicopter test programs).
Bill and his wife, Linda, live in Colorado Springs. They have two grown sons, Erik and Kevin. Unfortunately, Erik was killed in July 2010, a tragedy that has significantly altered Bill’s writing career.
Bill is a Flight Test Engineer (FTE) graduate of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School and a licensed commercial pilot with instrument and multi-engine ratings. In 12 years of military and civilian flight testing, evaluating aircraft for Aviation Week over 22 years, and personal flying, he’s logged approximately 2,000 hours on 81 aircraft types. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from California State University-Sacramento.
During a nine-year Air Force career, Bill served as aircrew on classified airborne-sampling missions, collecting nuclear debris by flying through radioactive clouds; an electronics engineering officer at the National Security Agency, developing space communications security systems for satellites; and an instrumentation and flight test engineer on U.S. Air Force fighter and transport aircraft development programs. He also served as a civilian FTE/program manager for three aerospace companies: General Dynamics (F-16 Full Scale Development), Falcon Jet Corp. (Coast Guard HU-25A development and certification), and Tracor Flight Systems Inc. (Canadair Challenger development and certification, plus numerous fighter, transport and helicopter test programs).
Bill and his wife, Linda, live in Colorado Springs. They have two grown sons, Erik and Kevin. Unfortunately, Erik was killed in July 2010, a tragedy that has significantly altered Bill’s writing career.
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Time Travel Adventures Of The 1800 Club: BOOK I
on Jan. 14, 2013
Bob McAuley's "1800 Club" series is a new benchmark in the time-travel genre. His innovative, unique scenarios and plot lines are refreshing. The idea that carefully selected members of the 1800 Club could travel back in time to ensure historical events don't go off-track is unique and readers will be hooked immediately. Don't miss a single episode of this terrific series! ....and keep 'em coming, Bob!