Kirby Harrison is a freelance writer for The Weekly of Business Aviation, Business & Commercial Aviation and others in the Informa publishing chain. Harrison joined the Navy in 1962 and spent 20 years in the service, virtually all of it as a photojournalist, traveling from small islands in the South Pacific to Vietnam to the bombing of the Marine barracks in Lebanon. When Harrison retired from the Navy, he went back to college and graduated in 1971 from Syracuse University with a Bachelor's Degree in Photojournalism. Along the way, he spent two years as a news photographer at the Daily Press & Times Herald in Newport News, Virginia, and three years working for Studio Sebe in Nice, France as a photographer. More recently, before retiring, he worked nearly 20 years for Naval Aviation News.
In the world of VIP aircraft interiors, wood veneers have long been the choice as a symbol of sumptuous luxury, but technology has brought new choices to the cabin that are both attractive and can offer practical advantages.
The growing, worldwide pilot shortage is affecting virtually every segment of the aviation industry and reports coming from the UK suggest the pre-owned aircraft market is feeling the squeeze.
