Site Overview

The Aviation Zone was created by Mike Neely and launched on 15 October 1997. It started out small but progressed quickly during its first year on the web. By the end of 1998, the site was using three different "free" web servers to accommodate all of the data and photo images that had been collected...and it was becoming a real nightmare to maintain. So, on 18 February 1999, the TheAviationZone.com* domain was registered and the site was moved over to a "commercial" web server.

The Aviation Zone has come along way since its humble beginnings, and many thanks go out to those people and organizations world-wide that helped make it all possible!

* This domain name is solely owned and maintained by Mike Neely.

Military Experience

Mike Neely served honorably as a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy loadmaster in the United States Air Force from 5 February 1986 to 10 December 1993. His only duty assignment was the 9th (Military) Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware, USA. This assignment offered many wonderful experiences...like visiting over 50 countries on five continents and participating in two military "conflicts" (Operations Desert Storm and Restore Hope) and several humanitarian relief missions. After his separation from active duty, Mike received a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is currently employed as a Senior Web Developer in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex (Texas, USA).