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O'Keefe, Jack V.

 
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Synopsis

Voler n'est pas ce qu'il était autrefois

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Biographie de l'auteur

The author graduated from Iowa State University in 1954. After graduation, he worked on a ranch in Montana breaking and training stock horses. In addition, he road herd on 300 head of cattle, and built a lot of fence. At the same time, he rode in many small town rodeos riding Brahma bulls and bareback broncos. He never finished first, but managed 'ground money.' Later, he reported for active duty with the United States Army, and then entered flight school. His flying career has spanned 53 years as of 2007. Meanwhile, he has accumulated 21, 000 flight hours between his airline, military, and personal flying. Jack is still an active pilot flying gliders whenever possible. He's a retired American Airlines' Captain. Jack became a Professional Association of Diving Instructor (PADI) in 1980. He has dived over a wide geographical area that includes Australia, Hawaii, Netherland Antilles, U.S. Virgin Islands, British Virgin Islands, Grand Cayman, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Costa Rica, Coco's Island, Mexico, Southern California, Lake Michigan, Lake Erie, Niagara River, Bahamas, lakes and quarries in Illinois and Wisconsin, and the Florida Keys. He is a Life Time Member of the Wisconsin Marine Historical Society. He is the Secretary and Board member of the Foundation of Nautical Archaeology in the Bahamas, an organization to promote the identification and preservation of historical shipwrecks in the Bahamas. The author is a licensed United States Coast Guard Master, and Commodore in the Seven

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