R.E.G. Davies worked in the commercial aviation industry from 1948 to 1981 and then moved into the academic world of air transport history as Lindbergh Professor of Air Transport History at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C. After holding this post for 2 years he was appointed Curator of the Aeronautical Department at that same museum, where he developed and maintained the air transport archive, curated exhibits, gave lectures, and...