STEVEN A. RUFFIN is an aviation writer and pilot with a lifelong interest in the history of flight. He served for four years as managing editor of the World War I aviation journal Over the Front and is an eight-time winner of the League of World War I Aviation Historians' Hooper Award for writing and editorial excellence. In 2005, Steve published his first book, Aviation's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Winged Wonders, Lucky Landings, and Other Aerial Oddities, later distributed internationally under the titleTop Fun. Steve has been a licensed pilot since 1972 and has owned and flown both vintage and experimental aircraft. He is a longtimemember of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and after serving in the US military for 24 years, he retired in 2003 as a colonel in the US Air Force. He currently lives in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
"A well-researched collection of narratives about more than 20
aviation mysteries..."--Air & Space Smithsonian
"Steve Ruffin's Flights of No Return is a fascinating page turner
that will keep you riveted all the way to touchdown."--Aviation
Week
"The history of aviation is full of mysteries and legends, but the
variety in Steven Ruffin's book will surprise even some long-time
students of the genre. From a French balloon in 1785 to Malaysian
Airlines Flight 370 in 2014, the author addresses familiar topics
such as the death of Manfred von Richthofen, the disappearance of
Amelia Earhart, and the "devil's triangle" mystery of the U.S.
Navy's Flight 19. Most of the legendary tales are bound to remain
unresolved, including D.B. Cooper's airliner hijacking in 1971,
while famed band leader Glenn Miller's WW II disappearance is more
plausibly explained. In all, an entertaining and informative
anthology for buffs and historians alike."--Barrett Tillman, Author
of Forgotten Fifteenth: the Daring Airmen Who Crippled Hitler's War
Machine
"... one of the really fascinating aviation reads in recent
memory."--In Flight USA Magazine
"... Steven Ruffin delivers the mother lode with this
book."--Aviation History
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