Deletion of Tom Cooper (author)

Comment: Here's the big issue: while the guy could potentially be considered enough of an authority to where his books could potentially serve as a source for articles based on the planes he's written about, he isn't such a notable authority that he'd pass parts 1 or 2 of . There just doesn't seem to be any sources that are in-depth, reliable, and independent of the source. I see his name getting dropped in a few blogs, but by large most of the stuff I'm finding is about other Tom Coopers, is unusable, or are otherwise junk/merchant hits. If there are any sources out there, they're incredibly well hidden. The PROD rationale was that he is an author, but as stated on the talk page, simply publishing a book doesn't guarantee notability. You can publish a book through one of the Big Four (book publishing)|Big Four, yet that doesn't guarantee notability
Stance: delete
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:AUTHOR)