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The Computer Pilot Team
Below are the people who contribute their professional time to Computer Pilot Magazine. They include Publishers, Editors, Authors and Developers. As you can see from their flags, Computer Pilot is truly an International magazine with contributions from all over the world!
| Robert Ferraro |
 Publisher |
Robert is the 'founding father' and former Editor of Computer Pilot Magazine and owner of parent company PC Aviator, which has grown to become one of the largest dedicated flight simulation companies on the planet since its beginnings back in 1990 specializing in flight simulation retail and sales. |
| Dean Bielanowski |
 Editor |
Dean took over the Editors role in March 2001 (since Volume 5 issue 5) and has steadily improved the magazine's content and style. He was a regular contributor to Computer Pilot for many years before his new appointment and still contributes articles to this day. He has effected the transition of the magazine from bi-monthly to monthly issues. With an energetic style and eye for detail, Dean has transformed the magazine into the most dynamic and professionally presented flight simulation magazine on the planet! |
| Tony Liatos |
Graphic Designer |
Tony is Computer Pilot's graphic designer. He is reposnsible for general magazine layout and reproduction of sketches and images that you see if each issue of the magazine. His ability to create great diagrams from rough sketches is a valuable asset to the magazine, particularly in regard to graphics featured in the aviation lessons offered each month. |
| Adrian Lazzarotto |
Subsciptions Manager |
2004 has seen Adrian's 6th year of involvement with PC Aviator and Computer Pilot magazine. Adrian is the busy man behind the subscription side of Computer Pilot, ensuring magazines continue flowing to the tens of thousands of satisfied subscribers we have right across the world. |
| Arturo Weiss |
Contributing Author |
Arturo Weiss is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach), where he specialized in Aviation Safety, Air Traffic Control, and Aviation Business Administration. After college, he worked for Airbus as a Training Account Representative at the company's Miami Training Center. Later, Arturo served as the Safety Programs Administrator for the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, Wis. In this position, he oversaw the design and implementation of the organization's safety programs. His work also included managing several safety initiatives, writing a monthly safety article, and overseeing 100 volunteers at the organization's AirVenture and Sun 'n Fun events. He also assisted, and provided guidance, to the NTSB on experimental aircraft accident investigations. Arturo has since left the EAA and now is a full-time freelance aviation writer contracted with various aviation publications, including Computer Pilot. In addition to his writing work, Arturo also provides consulting services to the industry, including his role as aviation consultant for Denver-area TV stations, KCEC(Univision Network). |
| Bill Stack |
Contributing Author |
Bill Stack is an expert flight simmer, a management consultant and a professional writer, speaker and trainer based in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. He has authored several books and numerous articles about flight simming. His books are available from quality flight-sim suppliers such as PC Aviator. Bill often contributes general articles of interest to flight simulation enthusiasts for Computer Pilot Magazine. |
| Francois Dumas |
 Contributing Author |
Francois, aka 'Navman', is a dedicated member of the team and is an avid flight sim fanatic and pilot who has a love for bush flying. He is actively involved in the flight simulation community online and devotes many hours of his time to making our hobby that much more enjoyable. Francois is based in Europe and often reviews products developed in that part of the world as well as fast becoming a popular story teller among readers. |
| Chuck Bodeen |
Contributing Author |
Simply put, Chuck is our X-Plane expert! He has been using the X-Plane simulator for many years and has also built freeware add-ons for the simulation and in doing so, has acquired a detailed perspective of the inner workings of the sim. He also actively participates in forums online to keep abreast of X-Planes ongoing development. Chuck writes all our X-Plane material. |
| Doug Horton |
Contributing Author |
Doug focuses on FS2004 for Computer Pilot, including his Horton’s Hints column. He has over 14 years experience with computer flight simulation and helped test the last two versions of MSFS. Doug is an instrument-rated private pilot and flies his Piper Dakota around the Midwestern U.S. He served over 20 years active and reserve in nuclear submarines and is a retired U.S. Naval Reserve Captain. Doug is now an engineering consultant, writer, and speaker, and with regular business travel, he has accumulated over a million miles on commercial airlines. |
| Phil Paschutine |
Contributing Author |
Based in France, Phil contributes reviews on flight simulation software and hardware. He has solid links with many developers and publishers and often gets the 'inside scoop' on new and upcoming products. Phil has helped test MSFSx and CFSx versions. Phil also does software localization as well as aeronautics and medical translations. |
| Al Pelletier |
 Contributing Author |
Al was born in Matane, Quebec, Canada, in 1948. He served 25 years as Aircrew in the Royal Canadian Air Force, in a non-pilot role. His job centered on RADAR, Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) and radio communications. He has flown over 6,000 hours in everything from the Canadair Argus, the Tracker, Sea-King Helicopter, DC-3's and P-3's. One of the highlights, of his flying career, was being on the winning crew of the Fincastle Competition in Adelaide, Australia, in 1981. This competition involves Anti Submarine Airplanes and crews from England, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. He who finds the sub the fastest, wins! He started in Flight Simulation at the very beginning, in the early 80's and operated one of the first ever Flight Sim related web sites, back in 1990. |
| Todd Fredricks |
Contributing Author |
Todd is an ex US Army helicopter pilot with ratings on a number of rotary aircraft. He reviews any products that feature helicopters and writes lessons on taming rotary aircraft. He is also a keen fixed wing pilot and fixed wing simmer! |
| Andrew Jones |
Contributing Author |
Andrew is based in the USA and is our Fly! expert covering news and product reviews on anything related to Terminal Reality's Fly!, Fly!2K or Fly! II products and actively participates in newsgroups and forums online. Andrew has a strong writing background which reflects in the content he delivers. |
| Rod White |
Contributing Author |
Rod is the former editor/co-founder of PC Multimedia & Entertainment Magazine, the first true online publication dedicated to PC games/hardware and combat simulation coverage to debut on the web back in 1995. In 1998 PCME.com was sold to Computer Games Magazine and from there on Rod went the freelance route, and has been a contributing editor/writer to almost two dozen publications online and in-print since.
He is also the former hardware and combat simulation guru from FlightSimulatorWorld Magazine, and is now a valuable part of the Computer Pilot team as the primary hardware guru and contributor of reviews of various MS Flight Simulator add-on products.
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| Jonathan Stern |
Contributing Author |
Jonathan M. Stern is a Washington, D.C., based lawyer who specializes in aviation law. Before his legal career, he was a certified flight instructor for single-engine and multi-engine airplanes and instruments, as well as an air traffic controller at Reagan Washington National Airport. Stern is the author of two books on Microsoft Flight Simulator and was the instrument flying columnist for MicroWINGS Magazine. |
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