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Russell Still was born in Augusta, Georgia and grew up in central Florida. By the early 60s, he was avidly following the space program and personally witnessed launches from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Shuttle programs. In 1974, Still received a Bachelor of Science in Computer and Information Sciences from the University of Florida. Joining his father, uncle, and brother, he began his own aviation career in 1975 with skydiving and flight training.

Still has written for trade publications on a variety of computer and aerospace topics since 1979 and authored Relics of the Space Race in 1994. In 1998 he wrote the wartime biography of MGen Joel Paris entitled Three One Five, Buster! Following that, he authored The Unbroken Chain, the memoirs of famed NASA pad leader, Guenter Wendt. It was nominated for two major literary awards. Still is currently a staff writer for AutoPILOT magazine.

Over the years, Russell Still has interviewed the brightest stars in aerospace including Chuck Yeager, Bob Hoover, Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra, Gordo Cooper, Robert Scott, Gabby Gabreski, Joe Foss, Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, Alan Bean, Charlie Duke, Al Worden, John Young, Gene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt, Scott Crossfield, Pete Everest, Bill Dana, Milt Thompson, Chris Kraft, Gene Kranz, Dick Truly, and Jimmy Doolittle.

Russell and his wife, Dawn, live on a private airstrip in north Georgia and also have a home in Albany, Georgia. In addition to a wide variety of light singles, he has piloted Douglas DC-3, Beechcraft King Air, Nanchang CJ-6, P-51 Mustang, AT-6 Texan, and PT-17 Stearman aircraft.

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