Richard L. Collins

Richard Lawrence Collins (November 28, 1933[1] – April 29, 2018) was an American aviation author and journalist.

Collins earned his private pilot certificate in 1952 and subsequently logged over 20,000 hours in general aviation airplanes.

He was the son of Leighton Collins (20 April 1902 — 16 January 1995),[2] a well-known aviation writer, pioneering flight safety advocate and founder of Air Facts magazine.

[6] The first article that Richard Collins wrote appeared in the November 1947 issue of Air Facts.

During his nearly 61-year writing career, Collins wrote 1500+ magazine articles, 13 books, and created a library of aviation training videos.