Tim TarrisAuthor and adventurer Tim Tarris was an instructor in the US Air Force, training pilots to fly F-111s, F-16s, and A-7s. After thirty years of service, he flew various private, corporate, and commercial aircraft. Now retired, Colonel Tarris is a membe of Daedalians, a fraternal and professional order of American military pilots. A supporter of various other veterans' groups and causes, he was instrumental in the construction of a veterans' memorial in his boyhood hometown. He and his wife, Vicky, reside in Oro Valley, Arizona. Read More Read Less