About the Author

Ken Neubeck is a reliability engineer who worked on the A-10 production program from 1974 through 1987. He is the author of several aircraft books and amateur-radio books. He served as president of the Long Island Republic Airport Historical Society, which preserves the history of aircraft built at this location, such as the A-10, as well as being the location, for the Blue Angels during their Jones Beach Airshow activities.