Author and photographer Michael O'Leary is well known in the field of aviation journalism, having served for more than 20 years as editor of Air Classics and Warbirds International Magazines. O'Leary has a life-long fascination with the North American P-51 Mustang, having accumulated more than 3,000 original photographs and vast amounts of documentation relating to the famed World War II fighter. He has also built a tremendous body of work as an aviation photographer, capturing the visual beauty of the P-51 by using lovingly restored Mustangs as subjects for the covers of his magazines.