Donald Reavis, a private pilot, and a resident of Roann, Indiana spent over 24 years controlling airplanes at Los Angeles and Miami air traffic control centers. Born and raised in rural Indiana, he moved his young family to Palmdale, California in 1997 at the request of the FAA. The next two decades brought many of experiences leading to writing of his first novel. Retiring December 2011 he returned to Indiana with his wife of thirty years. As the layers of stress are now being peeled back he has acquired the desire to share his love of aviation with his readers.