Edward H. Phillips


Edward H. Phillips is an American writer/historian, aviation industry reporter, and aviator who has specialized in the general aviation industry of the central United States—with particular emphasis on the aviation history of Wichita, Kansas and its aircraft manufacturers.

Background and credentials

Phillips earned a degree in journalism, with a minor in aviation, from the University of North Dakota. A Federal Aviation Administration-certified flight instructor and advanced ground instructor, he earned a commercial pilot license, with instrument and multi-engine ratings for single-and multi-engine land airplanes; and an Airframe and Powerplant aircraft mechanic license.

Career

Phillips is most noted as an aviation writer and historian, with numerous publications, including nine books and over 1,000 articles on aviation and aerospace topics. He is particularly noted as the principal author of books and articles on the early aircraft manufacturers of Wichita, Kansas—the "Air Capital City."
Phillips worked for Wichita's Beech Aircraft Corporation and for Piedmont Airlines. He served for 21 years as Business Flying writer for Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine, before retiring in 2007 as its Southwest-U.S. Bureau Chief, based in Dallas, Texas.
He also wrote for Air Transport in 1995.
He has written numerous books and articles on general aviation history, including articles for the American Aviation Historical Society Journal, ''Aviation History magazine, and King Air'' magazine.

Works

Phillips' writing and historical research has appeared in numerous books, magazines and journals, online, in documentary films, and in public presentations.

Books

Travel Air: Wings Over the Prairie. Flying Books, Cessna: A Master's Expression. Eagan, MN: Flying Books, Cessna: Model 120 to Citation III. Eagan, MN: Flying Books, Beechcraft: Pursuit of Perfection. Eagan, MN: Flying Books, Beechcraft: Staggerwing to Starship, an Illustrated History Eagan, MN: Flying Books, Piper Airplanes: A Legend Aloft. Eagan, MN: Flying Books International, Wings of Cessna: Model 120 to Citation X. Eagan, MN: Flying Books International, The Staggerwing Story - A History of the Beechcraft Model 17 Mystery Ship: A History of the Travel Air Type R Monoplanes So. St. Paul, MN: Flying Books International. Laird Aircraft: A Legacy of Speed Stearman Aircraft: A Detailed History North Branch, MN: Specialty Press,

Magazine articles

Journal articles

  • American Aviation Historical Society Journal
  • * Volume 25 - 1980, p. 268: "Navigation in the 1926 Ford Reliability Tour"
  • * Volume 27 - 1982, p. 286: "Mystery Ship"
  • * Volume 29 - 1984, p. 294: "Staggerwing"
  • * Volume 30 - 1985, p. 24: "Woolaroc!"
  • * Volume 56, No. 3 - Fall 2011:

Online articles

  • , the collected sequence of articles written by Edward H. Phillips, for the Wings Over Kansas aviation news and history website
  • in HistoryNet.com
  • , Aviation Week and Space Technology magazine
  • , King Air magazine

Film and video