Richard L. “Dick” Collins, a prolific aviation journalist whose career spanned 60 years, nearly half of it on the masthead of Flying magazine including more than a decade in the 1970s through the late 1980s as editor-in-chief, died on Sunday at his home in suburban Maryland. He was 84.

See Dick in action:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3tpS661D2g 

Flying Magazine: https://www.flyingmag.com/former-flying-editor-in-chief-richard-collins-dies?enews050118 

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