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 George Mindling's Books, Blogs, Writings and Articles
  
  
 
 
 
 

Published Books

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U.S. Air Force
Tactical Missiles
1949 - 1969 The Pioneers

ISBN 978-0-557-00029-6

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The U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles, 1949-1969 The Pioneers

The U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles 1949-1969 The Pioneers offers the rich, fascinating history of the first surface-to-surface tactical missiles of the U.S. Air Force, the winged, nuclear-capable Matador and Mace missiles, and their units and personnel in West Germany, Taiwan, Korea, Okinawa and the United States.

Sleeps Two

 

ISBN 978-0-557-73251-7

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Sleeps Two

A couple's first time experiences with an RV and RV camping. Specifically, a small camping trailer that sleeps two.
Two, that is, if you don't count the dogs

Hungwell and Kleinpeter: Consultants
 

A Work in Progress...

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Hungwell and Kleinpeter: Consultants

Crime/Mystery novel - Patience, the book is being reloaded - and all chapters are being restored

- Due soon - The original, full length novel

Articles

Miami Teaches More Than Sailing

The first paid article: $25 for this piece published in the Sailor's Gazette, Tampa, Fl, April, 1985

Canoeing West Lake

Canoeing West Lake in Everglades National Park, Florida. A planned overnight camping trip to Alligator Creek doesn't work out.

January 2nd, 1987 (Unpublished)

Saving The Glades

The Everglades Restoration Opening Ceremony January, 1997 (Unpublished)

Bringing Baby Home

Four Days Across Florida by Boat - Bringing Baby Home
A 1999 WaterLine Article

Published 1999
Charlotte Sun-Herald
Waterline Boating Supplement

I Envy Artists

""I Envy Artists"" (also posted as a blog) was originally published in the ""The Florida Writer"" Vol 5, No. 2, 2011

Pithole Phyllis

""Pithole Phyllis"" (also posted as a blog) was originally published in the "The Florida Writer" Vol 6, No. 4, 2013

Stuff

""Stuff"" Originally published in the Florida Weekly Newspaper the week of October 22-28, 2015.

Blogs

Sleeps Two - Our Camping and RV Blog

Our Travel Travel and RV blog. Reviews of Campgrounds and Parks

2018

After a short trip to one of our favorites at Watsadler Campground early in 2018, the trailer was parked while we stayed home and enjoyed a "Stay-cation" for the remainder of the year. Will we get wanderlust again? Wait and see...

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https://mace-b.com/RVCamping/RVGuide.htm

A Blog For Something Really Important

Social Comment, but not politics. That gets a blog of its own.

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2011

I Know Where I Am Because I Know Where I'm Not

Political Comment and Satire

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2018

    No Entries - A Very Sad Year in America

2017

2016

2015

Confessions of an Old Liberal

Memoirs and Nostalgia

Musings and Memories - In No Particular Order

Columns

Charlotte Sun Herald
Business Columns
Port Charlotte, Florida


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Biography

George was raised in Miami, Florida, and joined the U.S. Air Force after graduating from High School in 1960. He served his entire USAF tour with Mace tactical missiles from January 1961 through May, 1969, earning his Master Missileman's Badge. George served over five and a half years at Bitburg, Germany.

George joined IBM Field Engineering Division as a Customer Engineer in June 1969 and retired December 1997 as an Advisory Systems Engineer. George formed Customized Services Management, specializing in Business Impact Analysis. Retiring to Port Charlotte, Florida, he has been active with community organizations, and wrote a bi-weekly business column for the Sun-Herald newspaper from August, 1999, until February, 2006.

His first book, U.S. Air Force Tactical Missiles 1949-1969 The Pioneers, co-authored with Robert Bolton, was published in 2008, and his first humorous camping book, Sleeps Two, was published in 2010. Among his hobbies are video creation and editing, writing, kayaking and fishing, and maintaining the 38th TMW website.