Boeing. Bowers was a member of the first Board of Directors of the American Aviation Historical Society (AAHS), and a principal contributor to the AAHS Journal from its first issue in 1956 until the late 1960s. Starting in 1972, Bowers wrote over 800 articles detailing historic aircraft for a column in General Aviation News called "Of Wings and Things." Bowers was a fixture of the newspaper for decades, until his death in 2003. Awards and recognition 1962: Winner of the Experimental Aircraft Association's 1962 Design Contest (reportedly the only one ever held), for his Bowers Fly Baby 1968: Dr. August Raspet Memorial Award, Experimental Aircraft Association, for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Light Aircraft 1968: service to the EAA award. 2002: Books with Swanborough recommended, by Air and Space Magazine, as two top sources on early American military aircraft. 2017: Stearman book identified as one of three "quasi-classic" histories of the man and the planes by HistoryNet.com Death Bowers died in 2003 from cancer. Publications During his career, Bowers authored or co-authored over 40 books on aviation subjects, and over 800 magazine and journal articles. This is a partial list. Magazines & Journals Air Trails AOPA Pilot Sport Aviation, Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AAHS Journal, American Aviation Historical Society Air Classics Airpower (Sentry Publications) Wings (Sentry Publications) Western Flyer (1972, began his aviation history column "Of Wings and Things") General Aviation News ("Of Wings and Things" column, continued. His columns are partially compiled in the book Of Wings & Things, Vol. 1: 1972-1979, 2000) Books Bowers authored or co-authored over 40 aviation books, including a dozen about aircraft of Boeing (or about aircraft of companies that Boeing acquired). Aviation generally Soaring guide, with Robert L. Parks, 1966 Soaring in America, 2nd Ed., Soaring Society of America, Inc. 1967 Modern Aviation Library Vol. 2 No. 202, with Don Downie, Robert T. Smith, Harold Krier, 1979 A Complete Guide to Aviation Photography, 1st ed., March 1980, (6th ed., 1988), TAB Books, Blue Ridge, Pennsylvania, ISBN 0-8306-0924-5 Aircraft generally Antique Plane Guide, Modern Aircraft Series, Sports Car Press, NY, 1962; 1981 Yesterday's Wings, 1974 Pedigree of Champions: Boeing since 1916 (6th ed.), May 1985, The Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington, LOC: 85–71915. The DC-3: 50 Years of Legendary Flight, May 1, 1986 Curtiss Aircraft, 1907-1947, 1987 Unconventional Aircraft, April 1, 1990 Scale Aircraft Drawings: World War 2, Vol. 2, 1991 Lockheed Constellation: Design,