A graduate of Long Island University-C.W. Post Campus with a summa-cum-laude Bachelor of Arts Degree in Comparative Languages and Journalism, I have subsequently earned the Associate in Applied Science Degree in Aerospace Technology at the State University of New York - College of Technology at Farmingdale. I have also earned the Continuing Community Education Teaching Certificate from the Nassau Association for Continuing Community Education (NACCE) at Molloy College, the Travel Career Development Certificate from the Institute of Certified Travel Agents (ICTA) at LIU, the Art and Science of Teaching Certificate at Long Island University, and completed a Multi-Genre Writing Program at Hofstra University. At SUNY Farmingdale Aerospace I completed some 30 hours of Private Pilot Flight Training in Cessna C-152 and -172 aircraft.
Having amassed almost three decades in the airline industry, I managed the New York-JFK and Washington-Dulles stations at Austrian Airlines, created the North American Station Training Program, served as an Aviation Advisor to Farmingdale State University of New York, and devised and taught the Airline Management Certificate Program at the Long Island Educational Opportunity Center.
A freelance author, I have written some 70 books of the short story, novel, nonfiction, essay, poetry, article, log, curriculum, training manual, and textbook genre in English, German, and Spanish, having principally focused on aviation and travel, and I have been published in book, magazine, newsletter, and electronic Web site form. I am a writer for Cole Palen's Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome in New York. I have made some 350 lifetime trips by air, sea, rail, and road.
Recent Activity
Follow this brief story as the driver loses his brakes while commuting to work and the lesson the car repair shop attendant learns concerning it.
This is the first in the three-part "A Story of Time" series. Become introduced to Jeanette, the main character; encounter the elderly woman who somehow reminds her of her deceased aunt; learn what her gift of a watch can do for her; and follow her as she elects to move back in time.
This is the second in the "Story of Time" series. Learn what happens to Jeanette, the main character, when she returns to present time--and what happens to her when she elects to move to time ahead.
This is the third and last in the "A Story of Time" series. Learn how the story culminates and what happens to Jeanette, the main character, and the old lady who reminds her of her deceased aunt.
Follow the scent trail, as does the main character, and see where it leads to--and from.
This short story reveals what can happen in the middle of a lake at 2:00 a.m. in a tiny rowboat.
This story is a play within a play, whose substle clues are woven throughout it.
This article takes a scholarly and southerly approach—from Catskill to Hudson and Poughkeepsie—to the Hudson River School of Painters, discussing the life, painting styles and techniques, and homes of Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Samuel Morse.
This article reviews the rich history of Bedford, Pennsylvania, and then introduces the many significant sights where that history can be interpreted.
This article traces the historical development of Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, having evolved as a result of the East Broad Top Railroad. It then puts the reader on the rails of both the railroad itself and the nearby Rockhill Trolley Museum.

