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Walt Shiel

Walt Shiel

About

Although born in Michigan, Walt Shiel was raised across the US and around the world as an Air Force “brat.” He started school on the Pacific Island of Guam during the Korean War and finished high school in France during the Vietnam War. Shortly after graduation, Charles DeGaulle kicked all American forces out of the country, but Walt swears it had nothing to do with him.

Subsequently, he earned a BSEE degree from Michigan State University, a commission and pilot wings from the Air Force, and the hand of a charming young woman named Kerrie. Walt spent 20 years as an Air Force pilot (including time in the Michigan Air National Guard) and logged 4,000 military and civilian flying hours.

As a civilian engineer, he worked at Northrop on the B-2 bomber program and at Lockheed Martin on the F-16, F-35, and F-22 fighter programs. He retired from Lockheed Martin in 2004. Walt is currently the publisher and managing partner at Slipdown Mountain Publications LLC.

Since 1990, Walt has written for magazines in the US, England, and Australia and authored five books -- military aviation history, historical fiction, and short stories.

He and Kerrie have two daughters and two grandchildren and live on a 40-acre Michigan farm populated with horses, cats, dogs, and an abundance of wildlife.

Fatal Rivalry: Part Three of The Last Great Saxon Earls

Fatal Rivalry: Part Three of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<p>In 1066, the rivalry between two brothers brought England to its knees. When Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066, no one was there to resist him. King Harold Godwineson was in the north, fighting his brother Tostig and a fierce Viking invasion. How could this have happened? Why would Tostig turn traitor to wreak revenge on his brother?<br />The Sons of Godwine were not always enemies. It took a massive Northumbrian uprising to tear them apart, making Tostig an exile and Harold his sworn enemy. And when 1066 came to an end, all the Godwinesons were dead except one: Wulfnoth, hostage in Normandy. For two generations, Godwine and his sons were a mighty force, but their power faded away as the Anglo-Saxon era came to a close.</p>

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&quot;Thoroughly 'reader friendly' <em>T-41 Mescalero</em> is a seminal and indispensable addition to personal, academic, and community library Military Aviation reference collections and supplemental reading lists.&quot; -Midwest Book Review<br /><br />&quot;Treating every variant and all operators, with a selection of drawings from the technical manuals, this book is the best on this subject.&quot; -<em>Air Fan</em> magazine<br /><br />&quot;Well researched, well written and beautifully illustrated. This book is a must for everyone who has every flown a Cessna — or wished they had!&quot; -Walter J. Boyne, author &amp; historian<br /><br />&quot;The authors of this obvious labor of love have provided readers with a universal guide to an extremely versatile and work-horse aircraft that richly deserves telling.&quot; -Dan Hagedorn, author of <em>Latin American Air Wars 1912-1969</em><br /><br />&quot;Walt Shiel, Jan Forsgren and Mike Little have covered the story of the T-41 Mescalero, and other military 172s, in a wide-reaching and exciting way that paves new ground for the pilot, the aviation buff, and the historian.&quot; -from the Foreword by Robert F. Dorr, author of <em>Air Combat</em><br />