Say Hello To Jeffrey Pierson And Matt Russell!
With the final days before the official start to EAA AirVenture
2007 counting down all too rapidly... and, not quickly enough...
ANN's senior staff is all-too-aware of the Herculean task ahead of
us in reporting EVERYTHING that's news at The World's Greatest
Aviation Celebration.
Fortunately, this year we'll have some help... and some really
GREAT help at that. As we've already told you, Aero-News is
bringing its largest staff EVER to AirVenture this year, to not
only increase our print and audio coverage of the greatest (air)
show on Earth, but also to help us kick off Aero-TV. (Come to
think of it... "Herculean" doesn't begin to cover it...)
Over the next several days, we thought we'd take the time to
introduce you to the print stringers, video crews, and senior
staffers who will be bringing our readers and listeners all the
news that's fit to pixilate, modulate and videotape from Oshkosh
this year.
And now, without further adieu...
Jeffrey Pierson
Jeffrey first flew straight and level at age 11 in a Aero
Commander 560F... or, maybe the autopilot did it. His first EAA
Convention was at Rockford about 1967; the school assignment about
it that autumn was graded D+ -- "something about failures in style
and references," he says.
Since then, Jeffrey has sweated through about 30 EAA
conventions, concocted a Prescott Pusher, exploited a STOL SOCATA
Rallye MS894A, thrilled 330 Young Eagles, and puzzled and cursed in
the airworthiness/certification field for Cirrus Design and Apex
Aircraft (Robin and CAP, France). Let's see if his writing has
improved over the last 40 years...
Matt Russell
Matt Russell is a corporate business strategist originally from
Huntsville, AL -- "Rocket City USA." Born into "...an active family
with too many hobbies," he has been involved with general aviation
for more than 20 years. The notorious aviation bug hit hardest
when, at the age of 14, Matt's father taught him to fly the family
Citabria... including aerobatics.
Matt holds an MBA from the Millsaps College Else School of
Management. He is a founding partner of the popular
motorsports-oriented web blog www.axisofoversteer.com.
Non-aviation activities include auto racing, watersports,
instructing at Street Survival driving schools, and a raft of
"regular" hobbies.
Stay tuned as we introduce more of our stringers and staffers in
days to come!