| As
a General Manager with Douglas Aircraft Company, he was deeply involved
in training and operational matters and was instrumental in standing up
the nation's first totally integrated flight training system. He later
was designated President McDonnell Douglas Training Systems Inc. |
| He
is currently involved in writing about his exciting experiences in the
Navy as a carrier pilot/budget director, and the aerospace industry as
a senior manager. Global travel and graduate schools, civilian and
military, added to the above have given him an unparalleled background
for his writing. His first novel, America
First, won 2nd place honors in 2002 for published fiction by the Arizona Authors Association. |
| He graduated from the Naval Academy, completed flight training, studied
International Relations (Far East) at American University, Systems Management at UCLA, and attended the Army Staff College
and the National War College. |
| Featured Book By Michael Basford |