To Fly the Gentle Giants: The Training of U.S. WW II Glider Pilots
J. Norman Grim (Ph.D.) is a retired, emeritus, biology professor from Northern Arizona University, and decades long member of the National WW II Glider Pilots Association, and the Soaring Society of America. He and wife, Carole, reside in Flagstaff Arizona where he continues research in both biology and military history. He is also a retired Colonel (Army Reserves) after serving 32 years as such. He has flown sailplanes for 40 years; remembering fondly two of his sailplane instructors (in 1968) both of whom were WW II glider pilot instructors at Twenty nine Palms, California. He was still flying sport sailplanes in 2008.