Richard Hess

Richard Hess has spent nearly fifty years traveling the globe as a professional pilot. He published his first novel, Night of the Bear, and has written dozens of aviation magazine articles about warbird flying, aircraft maintenance, safety, and international deliveries. Growing up in a troubled home, he overcame his childhood circumstances to achieve prominence in the aviation world. Raising a family and surviving multiple war zone deployments has taught him many of life's shareable lessons.