Shea Oakley has been a commercial aviation enthusiast since childhood. He first joined the World Airline Historical Society (WAHS) in 1983 at age 15 and in 1987 was co-founder of the Tri-State Airline Historical Society. He has written feature articles on U.S. airline history for Airliners Magazine and NYCAviation.comand and is the Managing Editor for the Captain’s Log, the quarterly journal of the WAHS. Shea joined the staff of the Aviation Hall of Fame and Museum of NJ in 2001 and was the museum’s Executive Director from 2006-2018. His latest project is The Commercial Aviation History Consultancy, devoted to fact-checking and commentary for commercial aviation projects in every form of media. www.linkedin.com/in/sheaoakley

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