David Winkler

David F. Winkler, USNR (Ret.), holds a PhD from American University. He is an adjunct professor with the U.S. Naval War College, staff historian with the Naval Historical Foundation, and the Charles Lindbergh Chair of Aerospace History at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. He is the author of several books, including America's First Aircraft Carrier: USS Langley and the Dawn of U.S. Naval Aviation (Naval Institute Press, 2024). He resides in Northern Virginia.