Michael R. Little is a retired USAF navigator who now holds a private pilot certificate and flies his own 1958 Cessna 172, which he won in a raffle for $50. He received his bachelor’s degree from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, and an M.A. in History from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He coauthored "T-41 Mescalero: the Military Cessna 172" with Walt Shiel and Jan Forsgren and has written a number of articles which have appeared in publications such as Air Forces Monthly, Air University’s Air & Space Power Journal, Aviation History and Kungfu Qigong, as well as on the websites of the Latin American Aviation Historical Society and China-Defense.com.