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name: Hugh W. Cowin
about: A self-confessed aviation obsessive, Hugh Cowin failed to be deterred fromhis aeronautical interests despite living through the 15-month Luftwaffeblitz on Liverpool during 1940 and '41. Cowin's first historical feature onan obscure US Navy racing aircraft of the mid-1920s was published while hewas still in the RAF (1951 to 1963). In the more technical sphere, Cowinlaunched and exclusively produced Flight International's monthly Systemsfeature during the first half of the 1970s, along with many of their weeklyAvionics pieces. While his day-job involved in aerospace/defence programmeanalysis and forecasting, Cowin still managed to produce a number of books,including the pocket-sized Observers Warship, produced essentially as areadily portable A self-confessed aviation obsessive, Hugh Cowin failed to be deterred fromhis aeronautical interests despite living through the 15-month Luftwaffeblitz on Liverpool during 1940 and '41. Cowin's first historical feature onan obscure US Navy racing aircraft of the mid-1920s was published while hewas still in the RAF (1951 to 1963). In the more technical sphere, Cowinlaunched and exclusively produced Flight International's monthly Systemsfeature during the first half of the 1970s, along with many of their weeklyAvionics pieces. While his day-job involved in aerospace/defence programmeanalysis and forecasting, Cowin still managed to produce a number of books,including the pocket-sized Observers Warship, produced essentially as areadily portable aid for his own use. Cowin remained an active pilot untillate 1979, after which his non-passenger flying has been confined largely tophotographic sorties. Regarded for their insight and veracity, Cowin's booksand features have always shunned the use of 'jargonese', preferring plainEnglish and simple explanations where required. Thanks to his late-1942decision to star gathering photographs of aircraft and the people behindthem, he also now has an enviable image archive from which to illustrate hisworks. Of late, Cowin has embarked on an illustrated Directory of Jet &amp;Rocket Aircraft. Covering well over 600 manned machines and streching backto June 1928, this a task guaranteed to keep him occupied for a while yet. ...more