Don Dwiggins Explained
Don Dwiggins |
Birth Date: | 15 November 1913 |
Birth Place: | Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
Death Place: | Malibu, California, U.S. |
Known For: | Aviation journalist, author, historian |
Spouse: | Olga Arabsky |
Children: | 2 |
Don Dwiggins was an American journalist and author, specializing in aviation.
Dwiggins was born on November 13, 1918, in Plainfield, New Jersey. During World War II, he joined the United States Army Air Forces and worked as a flight instructor with the Royal Air Force. Beginning in the late 1940s, Dwiggins worked as a free-lance journalist and editor, working for a variety of Los Angeles-based publications. A prolific author, he wrote numerous articles for aviation magazines, and authored several dozen books, most of them focusing on aviation history. Between 1974 and 1982, he was a senior editor and columnist for Plane & Pilot magazine.
He was married to author Olga Arabsky, and had two children, Don Lindsay and Toni Kay. Dwiggins was killed in an automobile accident on December 10, 1988, along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California. He had just finished work on a four-volume history of American aviation.
Publications
During his career, Dwiggins authored over 40 books. This is a partial list.
Books
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. They flew the Bendix Race; the history of the competition for the Bendix Trophy . 1965 . Lippincott . Philadelphia, PA.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. The air devils; the story of balloonists, barnstormers, and stunt pilots . 1966 . Lippincott . Philadelphia, PA.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Hollywood pilot : the biography of Paul Mantz. 1967 . Doubleday . Garden City, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. The barnstormers : flying daredevils of the roaring twenties . 1968 . Grosset & Dunlap . New York, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. The SST : here it comes, ready or not : the story of the controversial supersonic transport . 1968 . Doubleday . Garden City, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Famous flyers and the ships they flew . 1969 . Grosset & Dunlap . New York, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Bailout : the story of parachuting and skydiving . 1965 . Crowell-Collier . New York, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. On silent wings : adventures in motorless flight . 1970 . Grosset & Dunlap . New York, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Riders of the winds : the story of ballooning . 1973 . Hawthorn Books . New York, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Build your own sport plane : with homebuilt aircraft directory . 1975 . Hawthorn Books . New York, NY.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Restoration of antique & classic planes . 1975 . Sports Car Press . New York, NY . 0871120739.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Aircraft metalwork . 1976 . Sports Car Press . New York, NY . 0871120828.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Low-horsepower fun aircraft you can build . 1979 . TAB Books . Blue Ridge Summit, PA . 0830697101.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Man-powered aircraft . 1979 . TAB Books . Blue Ridge Summit, PA . 0830698515.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. 31 practical ultralight aircraft you can build . 1980 . TAB Books . Blue Ridge Summit, PA . 0830699376.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. The complete book of airships : dirigibles, blimps & hot air balloons. 1980 . TAB Books . Blue Ridge Summit, PA . 0830696962.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. The complete book of cockpits . 1982 . TAB Books . Blue Ridge Summit, PA . 0830623329.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Flying the frontiers of space . 1982 . Dodd, Mead . New York, NY . 0396080413.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Welcome to flying : a primer for pilots . 1984 . TAB Books . Blue Ridge Summit, PA . 0830623620 .
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Flying the space shuttles . 1985 . Dodd, Mead . New York, NY . 0396085105.
- Book: Dwiggins . Don . 1. Hello? Who's out there? : the search for extraterrestrial life. 1987 . Dodd, Mead . New York, NY . 0396088422.