BIO FOR LOUIS STANNARD
After studying Aeronautical Engineering
at the University of Illinois, LOUIS STANNARD graduated
a distinguished graduate fro Air Force pilot training. While in the Air Force,
Captain Stannard served in the Military Air Transport Command, Headquarters USAF Europe, and the Presidential Support Squadron at Andrews AFB, Maryland.
He then joined Pan Am and served in most capacities in Boeing 707 and 747 aircraft having accumulated over 23,000 hours in
commercial and military aircraft. While serving with Pan Am, Mr. Stannard developed
and patented EasyBid, a software solution for airline flight crew bidding systems. During his twenty-six years with Pan
Am, he became intrigued with the story of four Clipper flying boats that fell in harm’s way the day Pearl
Harbor was bombed. After four years of research, he has woven the saga of those Clippers into China Diaries, a tale of war, love betrayal, cabaret life, espionage
and pioneering aviation in pre-war China.
Mr. Stannard writes articles for magazines, is a frequent speaker and has won
one national and one international writing award.
Lecture Titles and Synopsis
China Diaries, a saga of thirties China
Join professional aviator, sailor and author, Louis
Stannard as he discusses his novel China Diaries, a saga of two lovers caught up
in the Chinese holocaust of the nineteen thirties.
Air and
Sea Navigation—then and now
Join professional aviator, sailor, and author, Louis
Stannard as he discusses the tremendous differences in air and sea navigation that have occurred with technology.
Cruising
in Sea Jay
Join professional aviator, sailor and author, Louis
Stannard as he discusses sailing and living aboard their yacht Sea Jay.
Twentieth
Century China and the days leading up
to World War II
Join professional aviator and author, Louis Stannard
for a brief history of pre-war China.
Mr. Stannard has lived in Germany,
France, California, New England and North Carolina and has traveled to every continent except Antarctica.
After Lockerbie and the airlines demise, he and his wife Carol explored the Caribbean on their 47-foot ketch, Sea Jay living in such places as Antigua, Trinidad, the Bahamas
and Costa Rica. Mr. Stannard also holds
a United States Coast Guard Master’s Certificate. Mr. and Mrs. Stannard now live in North Carolina where he writes full time.
