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Hill Goodspeed Discusses Naval Aviation on Conversations with Jeff Weeks February 28
Pensacola, Fla. — Thursday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. on WSRE, “Conversations with Jeff Weeks” welcomes Hill Goodspeed. An expert in the history of Naval Aviation, Goodspeed discusses how Pensacola became known as the "Cradle of Naval Aviation."
For two decades Goodspeed has been the historian and artifact collection manager at the National Naval Aviation Museum onboard Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida. In addition, he is an author and adjunct professor teaching strategy and policy for the Naval War College’s Distance Education Program. He has authored or edited five books on topics ranging from naval aviation to skylines around the word. His articles have been published by national magazines and his expertise utilized by the History Channel, PBS and the Discovery Channel.
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