Peter M. Bowers

Peter M. Bowers ( born May 15, 1918 in San Francisco, † 27 April 2003 in Seattle ) was an aviation journalist and engineer.

Bowers came early in contact with aviation. He first built model airplanes and started with photography of airplanes. He visited the Boeing School of Aeronautics in Oakland and shut it off successfully. In 1941, he was the first to sell photos of Jane's All the World 's Aircraft. In 1943 he went to the USAAF and served as warden including in China, Burma and India. He became head of a military program, which facilitated the recognition and identification of aircrafts. In 1947 he left the army and learned to fly. He could accumulate about 8,000 hours of flight time until his death. He developed a self-made aircraft which. Bowers Fly Baby, the 1962 Experimental Aircraft Association Developer Awards won and were built by the 5,000 copies

Bowers was famous for his reports and images in the field of aviation. He wrote for the American Magazine General Aviation News and published there, in addition to 26 books and about 800 articles of historical aircraft. His main job was 36 years employed as an engineer at Boeing before he retired in 1988. Bowers was married to Alice Bowers. Together with her, he has a son, David R. Bowers. Immediately before his death, he was still able to compose a considerable number of articles that appear today in the General Aviation News.

Bowers died of cancer.

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• Life history, English

• Engineer
• Journalist (United States)
• Americans
• Born in 1918
• Died in 2003
• Man