Jay Selman

Jay Selman’s passion for aviation dates back to the late 1950s His passion eventually led him to four years in the US Air Force. In early 1981, Jay began a 44-year (and counting) career as an aviation photojournalist, beginning with Professional Pilot. Also in 1981, Jay was hired by Piedmont Airlines as a station agent at DCA. He enjoyed a 35-year career that spanned a total of five “home” airports, two company bankruptcies, three mergers, and a world of opportunities. In 2005-2006, he was the Managing Editor of Airliners magazine. After he retired from the airline industry in 2016, Jay became a regular contributor to several of the warbird magazines, and has served as the editor for Red Alert, the quarterly publication of the Redstar Pilots Association, and is now the editor of Mentor Monitor, the quarterly publication of the T-34 Association This, in turn, has led to regular writing assignments with several notable aviation publications.