G.W. Hyatt is an instrument-rated commercial pilot, A&P and pilot/mechanic for a cherry Mooney M20C. He earned his Airframe & Powerplant certificates in 1996. Attending night classes while working full-time, he graduated summa cum laude with an associate degree in engineering sciences, and a speciality in aviation maintenance. He pampers his Mooney and flies for pleasure. He has a hangar and workshop in Southwest Florida. A lot of the flying is on behalf of research for the people, places, airplanes and events covered on this website.

He retired in 1996 from a major consumer products company, where he held positions in management systems, product development, environmental affairs and pharmaceuticals. He earned numerous awards for innovation, teamwork and publication. Before that he was professor of biological sciences at a midwest university.

Photo, right, holding the original Airfield Register, taken September, 2002 at the Operations Office of the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

Below, research activities at the National Air & Space Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Copy of the Davis-Monthan Airfield Register, found in a used book store in June 2000, and the progenitor of this entire website, is the blue volume, lower right.