About the Author

Talmage E. "Tom/Tal" Miller learned to fly in the Enlisted Reserve under the CPT program, where he soloed in 1942. He graduated from the Central Instructors School at Randolph Field and was assigned to Tex Rankin's Primary Flight Training School. He later got into cadet pilot training at Santa Ana, California. He got his wings in Douglas, Arizona, and was assigned to "bombing through overcast" school flying North American B-25s. When the war ended, he landed an instructor job at Sky Ranch Airport before being hired by Combs Aircraft, a Beechcraft dealer, to sell airplanes. He flew everything from the Bonanza to the King Air 200 turboprop and won many awards for aircraft sales. He later founded his own airplane sales company with Bill Haines, chief pilot for the Dillon Company. They sold many kinds of airplanes, from DC-3s to North American Sabreliner models 40 and 60 in many parts of the world. Di Freeze interviewed many well-known aviators during nearly a decade as editor-in-chief and feature writer for a national aviation publication. She is the author of the Passion for Flight (In the Cockpit With ...) series and offers her writing and editing services through Freeze Time Media.