Leighton Collins
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Leighton Holden Collins (April 20, 1902 - January 16, 1995) was an American aviator, author, and journalist.
Collins was born in Greenville, Texas. He studied math and physics as an undergraduate at the University of the South, business administration at Harvard, and earned a law degree from the Arkansas Law School in 1927.
He learned to fly at Little Rock in 1928, and soloed an open-cockpit biplane in 1929. He flew his own airplane to serve his insurance business customers, which led to an interest in flight safety. He was an aircraft salesman and flight school operator during the 1930s.
Collins was the founder and editor of Air Facts magazine, a pioneering effort in the field of air safety, which was published from 1938 until 1976. He authored several popular books about flying technique and contributed a chapter to the classic Stick and Rudder
by Wolfgang Langewiesche
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Leighton Collins' son Richard L. Collins
is also a well-known aviation writer.
Collins was born in Greenville, Texas. He studied math and physics as an undergraduate at the University of the South, business administration at Harvard, and earned a law degree from the Arkansas Law School in 1927.
He learned to fly at Little Rock in 1928, and soloed an open-cockpit biplane in 1929. He flew his own airplane to serve his insurance business customers, which led to an interest in flight safety. He was an aircraft salesman and flight school operator during the 1930s.
Collins was the founder and editor of Air Facts magazine, a pioneering effort in the field of air safety, which was published from 1938 until 1976. He authored several popular books about flying technique and contributed a chapter to the classic Stick and Rudder
Stick and Rudder
Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying is a book written in 1944 by Wolfgang Langewiesche, describing how airplanes fly and how they should be flown by pilots...
by Wolfgang Langewiesche
Wolfgang Langewiesche
Wolfgang Langewiesche aviator, author and journalist, is one of the most quoted authors in aviation writing. His book, Stick and Rudder , is still in print, and is considered a primary reference on the art of flying fixed-wing aircraft....
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Leighton Collins' son Richard L. Collins
Richard L. Collins
Richard Lawrence Collins is an American aviation author and journalist.Collins earned his private pilot license in 1952 and has since logged over 20,000 hours in general aviation airplanes...
is also a well-known aviation writer.
Books authored
- Takeoffs & Landings (1981)