David Evans brings with him years of decorated aviation reporting and is the former editor of Air Safety Week. During his reign, Air Safety Week was an award-winning, widely-respected newsletter devoted exclusively to news and analysis of aviation safety. He is regarded as an authoritative figure in aviation. Currently, he is developing Aviation Safety Journal a newsletter dedicated to non-partisan reporting on aviation safety and security. His experience spans over 3 decades and includes coverage of almost every major air disaster and incident in recent history. Aviation Safety Journal will be available at no cost to the reader; electronic and print versions included.

Employment History:

1995-Present: Editor-in-Chief, Aviation Maintenance magazine. Previously, editor of Air Safety Week, the world's most recognized newsletter on air safety and security issues. The publication was voted the company's Product of the Year for 2000 and, despite the airline industry' misfortunes of late, it continues to enjoy a phenomenal 75% renewal rate. 1994-1995: Communications Director, Business Executives for National Security, a nationwide public-interest group committed to a more efficient defense establishment. Placed editorials on the Chemical Weapons Convention in such venues as National Public Radio, and a story about U.S. arms sales to NATO allies on CBS 60 Minutes. In late 1994, journeyed to the Balkans on a fact-finding trip, visiting officials in Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia and Serbia. Numerous published essays, radio and television commentaries resulted. Tertiary duty: Analyzed pork barrel spending projects in the Pentagon budget and highlighted blatant examples in a special report to Congress. 1987-1993: Nationally syndicated military affairs correspondent for the Chicago Tribune newspaper (Washington, DC, bureau). Put the Tribune on the map for defense reporting. Deployed with the first U.S. troops into Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1992, and was among the first American journalists to travel into the so-called "crescent of famine" deep in the interior. Garnered exclusive interview with Mohammed Aideed, eldest son of the late warlord Farah Aideed, who is now one of the "leaders" of this fractured country. 1990-1991: Deployed to cover the Persian Gulf war for five months. Wrote the very first stories about the air campaign and predicted Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf's "Hail Mary" end-run sweep around Iraqi defenses in Kuwait. 1988 -1990: Wrote a series of stories about the "geriatric jet" issue in the wake of the explosive decompression of an Aloha Airlines B737 in the spring of 1988. This series revealed that 1,000 Boeing airliners then in service would have been retired under the U.S. Air Force's fatigue life standards. 1966-1986: Career officer, U.S. Marine Corps, a two-decade journey that began with close combat in the Vietnam War and which ended fighting the budget wars in the Pentagon. As a lieutenant colonel in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, acted as a key player in the successful top-level effort to improve military preparedness over the resistance of the military services, whose top priority was to buy more weapons than they could support. Security clearance: above Top Secret.

Other Media:

Extensive experience and exposure, to include appearances on NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, PBS and BBC. Such appearances continue, most recently on NPR, BBC and the Jim Lehrer NewsHour. In 1993, served as special consultant to the Arts and Entertainment Network's Investigative Reports on a documentary of the 1988 downing of an Iranian airliner by the Aegis cruiser USS Vincennes. In 2004, appeared on a PBS Nova documentary about the causes of the 1998 crash of Swissair Flight 111.

Grants:

1994: Grants from the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supporting the writing of magazine articles on the U.S. role in the international arms bazaar.

Appointments:

1992: Media Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University, California

Awards:

2004: Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for writing excellence, maintenance category. 2002: Flight Safety Foundation Cecil A. Brownlow Publication Award for excellence in writing on air safety and security issues. 2002: Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award for writing excellence, avionics category. 2002: American Business Media Jesse H. Neal Award for writing excellence in a regular feature, Avionics magazine. 2002: Newsletter and Electronic Publishers Association first place award for analytical writing on aviation safety and security issues. 2001: National Air Disaster Foundation, Corboy & Demetrio journalism award for contributions leading to improved aviation safety. 2000: Royal Aeronautical Society Millennium Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in the safety category. 1999: Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year award in safety category. 1999: National Press Club award for excellence in analytical writing. 1999: William D. Littleford Award by the American Business Press for corporate and community service. 1998: Society of Professional Journalists Sigma Delta Chi Award for public service in newsletter journalism. 1998: National Press Club award for excellence in analytical writing. 1998: Washington DC chapter of Society of Professional Journalists Dateline Award for excellence in local journalism. 1988: New York University Center for War, Peace and the Media Olive Branch Award as one of the nation's best journalists covering national defense.

Education:

1981: Post-M.A. studies in statistics and public administration, The George Washington University 1977: M.A. in English, University of Nebraska 1966: B.A. in History, University of Illinois (plus 3 varsity letters)