write:He currently lives (and writes) in Bellingham Washington. His e-mail address is woodrh@ix.netcom.com. Robert W. Sweginnis now deceased was an Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle

a retired pilot (U.S. Air Force) and a retired Professor of Safety Science at the University of Southern California.He is presently a Director of Southern California Safety Institute and an active consultant in both aircraft accident investigation and aviation safety.He is the author of numerous books
articles and professional papers on avia-tion safety and aircraft accident investigation. He has investigated over 125 aircraft accidents and lectures on the subject for Southern California Safety Institute.He currently lives (and writes) in Bellingham
Washington. His e-mail address is woodrh@ix.netcom.com.Robert W. Sweginnis
now deceased
was an Associate Professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s Prescott
Arizona campus. He was a Professional Engineer (Safety)
a Certified Safety Professional (CSP)
and a retired U.S. Air Force command pilot. He has been active in aircraft accident investigation and system safety since 1973. His safety experience spans the military
industry and aca-deme. In addition to teaching at ERAU’s Center for Aerospace Safety Education
he also taught aircraft accident investigation and system safety for the University of Southern California’s Institute of Safety and Systems Management
the Univer-sity of Washington’s Engineering Professional Programs
and Southern California Safety Institute.For fun
he would occasionally “slip the surly bonds” and provide unusual at-titude recovery training or enter aerobatic competitions.Although both authors contributed to all chapters
Dick Wood was primarily responsible for Parts I
II
IV and the Appendices. Bob Sweginnis wrote Part III.