Geoffrey Thomas is the Senior Editor of the airline management journal Air Transport World. Geoffrey was previously SE-Asian Contributing Editor for Aviation Week & Space Technology. In all, he has won 16 international and Australasian awards.

Geoffrey is a regular commentator on Australian TV and radio, including being the aviation commentator on Channel 7's top rating Sunrise program, Australia's most watched national morning show. He is also heard on the BBC. He is published in The Australian - Australia's most prestigious daily newspaper - and Australian Aviation and was previously published in The West Australian, Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.

Geoffrey has co-written seven books with Christine and has delivered guest lectures at the University of Southern California and Curtin University in Western Australia.

Christine Forbes Smith (B.A. (Social Sciences) and B. App. Sci.) is regularly published in WA Business News and was previously published in The West Australian travel pages focusing on consumer issues as well as destinations. Christine writes for WA Business News and Airways magazine and has authored four books on aviation and travel. Christine lives in Perth, Australia with her three sons, Alex, Simon and Mitchell.

Guy Norris is the US West Coast Editor of the weekly Flight International and the author of 14 books on aviation. He was named Aerospace Journalist of the Year in 1997 in the Best Systems and Technology Submission, in 2004 in Best Propulsion Submission and was joint winner in 2005 for the Best Regional Aircraft Submission. Guy has also twice been nominated for the Boeing Decade of Excellence Award and twice won the Aviation/Space Writers' Association award. He has appeared in numerous aviation television documentaries and has authored several aerospace educational projects including the interactive Aviation Knowledge Adventure CD-ROM and the aerospace section of the Encyclopedia of Science in Action published by McMillan. He lives in Southern California with Anna Ravelo and their children Chris, Daniel, Greg, Lia and Tom.

Mark Wagner (MRAeS) is a pilot and specialist aviation photographer. He works as a photographer for the international photo agency Aviation-Images.com as well as for aerospace, airline and advertising clients worldwide. This is his 26th aviation book as photographer/author and he has had over 2,000 magazine, book and brochure front cover pictures published since 1985 (including Time, Air & Space, AOPA Pilot, Flight International and Air Transport World) and has been chief photographer for Flight International magazine since 1990. He lives in London, UK, with wife Stephanie and son Henry.