A Barnstormer in the Original Sense of the Word
Read about the origin of the word "barnstormer"
Ron has also been an air show performer and a sky diver
And served with the United Nations Field Service as a Peacekeeper in Yemen.
Ron has written, and produced documentaries, histories,
videos and museum exhibits for the National Air and Space Museum, the Federal
Aviation Administration, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the General Aviation
Manufacturers Association, Helicopter Association International, and the Air Line Pilots Association as well various
universities, and military and aerospace labs. He has also worked in broadcast news
for WTOP Radio and UPI-Audio.
Ron has recorded several stories about flight here is an example:
Click To Play Ron's Remembrance of the Pan Am's Inaugural 747
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While an aerial display (aerobatic) pilot during the
1970's he met and married his wing walker, Nour Jurgenson, a member of the Washington Press
Corps, later president of the White House News Photographers Association, and
a Governor of the National Press Club. Nour holds various degrees,
speaks a multitude of languages and has had the good fortune of traveling
extensively throughout much of the world.
Wingwalker and aviation historian Margi Stivers
of Chino, California recently published a web page about this dauntless couple. You can check it out
here.
Cloud Sailing
Come Sail with me, upon a sea,
A sea where seagulls glide,
The winds are fair,
The ship is right,
We'll sail upon the tide.
When fair winds blow,
Sailors all go,
Out on the bounding main.
When fair winds blow,
We, too, shall go,
To a field to fly our plane,
Sailors cast off in worthy boats
Of wood with cotton sails,
Ours, too, is made of wood and cloth,
Like those which flew the mails.
But, while their boats tack to and fro,
Sails tugging at their shrouds,
We'll lift our craft above the rest,
And sail among the clouds.
Ron David, 1999
