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The person behind the website Aerial Visuals, AV, is myself, Mike Henniger. I have a background in software engineering, and this website is a hobby site that I have used to develop skills in web services and applications. As a training website it may not represent best software practices, but I think you will find aviation data presented here in a way not easily sourced elsewhere on the internet.
What sparked my interest in aviation? Friends took me to my first air show in 1993. It was an interesting experience with many loud and fast jets. However my interest in aviation grew immensely when I went to my second air show, and that show featured warbirds. There was a Lancaster, a B-17, a B-24 and a B-29 at the show, as well as fighters, trainers and transports. I started reading what ever I could about WWII with an emphasis on the air forces. I also started going to as many air shows as I could.
As for the site itself, AV has two main components. The first developed is the Locator where you can search for locations of displayed aircraft. The second, which augments the first, is the Airframes Database which provides the ability to document the histories of individual airframes.
AV provides you with the ability to contribute location information, edit histories of aircraft and upload your photos of aircraft. The more people who participate, the better it will become.
AV is also supported by a small team of volunteer admins. These volunteers deserve many thanks for the efforts in documenting different aspects of aviation history here on AV.
I very much hope you enjoy the site, find it useful, and chip in with a few edits or photo uploads. Blue skies to you!
Mike Henniger
