Tom Brinkman has authored "An Aeronautical Engineers View: The F4U Corsair and its Contemporaries", and has co-authored "Marine Wings: Stories of war & peace as written by the pilots". Tom is a retired engineering manager and program manager with a BS and MS in Aeronautics & Engineering Mechanics, Univ. of Minnesota; and an MS in Electrical Engineering, Univ. of Vermont. Tom is Past-President of a large WWII Round Table in Rochester, MN. His books are carried at the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museums, the U.S. Air Force National Museum, the U.S. Marines National Museum, and many other major aviation and military museums. He regularly presents at the annual Oshkosh air shows and many other venues.