Edward H. Phillips

Edward H. Phillips is an American writer/historian, aviation industry reporter, and aviator who has specialized in the general aviation industry of the central United States—with particular emphasis on the aviation history of Wichita, Kansas and its aircraft manufacturers.[1][2][3][4]

Background and credentials

Phillips earned a degree in journalism, with a minor in aviation, from the University of North Dakota. A Federal Aviation Administration-certified flight instructor and advanced ground instructor, he earned a commercial pilot license, with instrument and multi-engine ratings for single-and multi-engine land airplanes; and an Airframe and Powerplant aircraft mechanic license.[1][2][3]

Career

Phillips is most noted as an aviation writer and historian, with numerous publications, including nine books and over 1,000 articles on aviation and aerospace topics.[2][3] He is particularly noted as the principal author of books and articles on the early aircraft manufacturers of Wichita, Kansas—the "Air Capital City."[2][4]

Phillips worked for Wichita's Beech Aircraft Corporation (1978–1986) and for Piedmont Airlines. He served for 21 years as Business Flying writer for Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, before retiring in 2007 as its Southwest-U.S. Bureau Chief, based in Dallas, Texas.[1][2][3][5][6]

He also wrote for Air Transport in 1995,[7].

He has written numerous books and articles on general aviation history, including articles for the American Aviation Historical Society Journal,[8] Aviation History magazine (and its affiliate website, HistoryNet.com),[9] and King Air magazine.[10]

Works

Phillips' writing and historical research has appeared in numerous books,[11][12][4][6] magazines and journals, online, in documentary films, and in public presentations.[1][3][6][13]

Books
  • Travel Air: Wings Over the Prairie. Flying Books (1982), ISBN 0911139001
  • Cessna: A Master's Expression. Eagan, MN: Flying Books (1985), OCLC 13522983
  • Cessna: Model 120 to Citation III. Eagan, MN: Flying Books (1986), ISBN 0911139052
  • Beechcraft: Pursuit of Perfection. Eagan, MN: Flying Books (1987), ISBN 0911139117
  • Beechcraft: Staggerwing to Starship, an Illustrated History Eagan, MN: Flying Books (1987), ISBN 0911139060
  • Piper Airplanes: A Legend Aloft. Eagan, MN: Flying Books International (1993), ISBN 0911139141
  • Wings of Cessna: Model 120 to Citation X. Eagan, MN: Flying Books International (1994), OCLC 32516985
  • The Staggerwing Story - A History of the Beechcraft Model 17 (1996)
  • Mystery Ship: A History of the Travel Air Type R Monoplanes So. St. Paul, MN: Flying Books International (1999). ISBN 091113929X
  • Laird Aircraft: A Legacy of Speed (2002)
  • Stearman Aircraft: A Detailed History North Branch, MN: Specialty Press (2006), ISBN 1580070876

Magazine articles

(partial listing of article lists)

Journal articles

(peer-reviewed)

Online articles

(partial listings)

Film and video

References
  1. "Aviation Programs by Author Historian Edward H. Phillips – Saturday, October 25th & Sunday, October 26th", October 2014, Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, Wichita, KS
  2. Chance, Carl (Editor, Air Capital Report,) Profile: "Edward H. Phillips"
  3. "Edward Phillips IV," presenter bio, AirVenture / Experimental Aircraft Association, Oshkosh, WI, retrieved September 5, 2016
  4. "Edward Phillips" (postscript to "Airmaster! (Part One)"), 12 December 2019, King Air Magazine, retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. Edward H. Phillips, articles list, Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, retrieved 5 September 2016
  6. Barnes, Sparky: "A Beechcraft Historian," in "Beech Party: Starship, Staggerwings and STOL," November 7, 2021, General Aviation News. retrieved December 30, 2022
  7. Tarnay, Thomas N.:"Aircraft Designs Subjected to FAA Special Certification Review - Mitsubishi MU-2 and Beechcraft Bonanza: The Role of the SCR in Aircraft Design Certification and Implications on Federal Preemption" (Phillips article cited in footnote 10), Journal of Air Law and Commerce, Volume 62, Issue 2, retrieved December 31, 2022
  8. "Travel Air Mystery Ship", Fall 2011 American Aviation Historical Society Journal, Volume 56, No. 3, retrieved December 31, 2022
  9. Search: "Edward H. Phillips," (articles list) at HistoryNet.com (including Aviation History magazine)
  10. "Edward Phillips, author, King Air magazine (article list with teasers, linking to full texts of Phillips' articles, most also online)
  11. "Books by Edward H Phillips", Goodreads.com, retrieved 5 September 2016
  12. "Edward H Phillips: Books, Biography, Blog, Audioblog...", Amazon.com, retrieved 5 September 2016
  13. Wichita & the Air Capital of the World, 2014, filmed presentation at the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum, YouTube, retrieved December 31, 2022
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