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Last Update: May 31, 2016
Last Login: April 28, 2015
Joined: December 12, 2011
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First Name Richard
Birthday January 8, 1953
Gender Male
Relationship Status In Relationship
City Fairfax
State VIRGINIA
Zip 22033

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Type of Rider (Passenger) Weekend Warrior
Primary Bike Type Cruiser
Ride My Own Bike Yes
Rallys & Biker Events Local & Regional Events
My Primary Bike Honda 2003 VTX 1800C

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Occupation Retired
Hobbies photography, flying, shooting, playing in a band (drums)
Music I'm a rocker!
Message I'm a retired Air Force officer and Vietnam vet, presently working for the federal government. In addition to biking, I am also a pilot, part-time college professor, well-known author and aviation photographer, and a drummer. (I play with the band OTR -- www.off-the-record-band.com -- and we play a lot of biker events. We performed at CVMA's "Bull Run III" in 2012 and 2013.)

I went into the Air Force in September 1970 when I was 17. I went to Vietnam the first time at 19. (I went back again for the withdrawl from Vietnam in late 1975 when I was 22.) I was an aeromedical specialist and a wing historian during my 5-years, 3-months, and 17-days of Air Force enlisted service. Then I got out, finished college, got my B.A. degree in journalism at Troy State University, Alabama, went through Air Force ROTC and came back to the Air Force as an officer in 1977. I went to flight training, flew B-52s (BUFFs -- "Big Ugly Fat Fu*^#~@!"), then went into public relations. I went back to college, full time, for a year at Syracuse University to get a masters degree in radio, TV, and film in 1984. I retired from the Air Force in 1992 as a major, right after the end of Desert Storm. I stayed in the field of public relations as a civil servant for 19 years until I retired in May 2014.

You can also learn more about me from my My Space page -- http://www.myspace.com/dick_cole1853
or my Facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/richard.m.cole

Originally from a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio, I have been living in Northern Virginia since retiring from the Air Force in 1992. During my 20-year military career, I got a chance to see a lot of the world and do some pretty exciting things. I've been lucky to have actually met a lot of my heroes. A few years ago as part of my government duties, I assisted movie producers in making accurate movies with military themes. I assisted with "Hunt for Red October," "Air Force One," and "Men of Honor." I also assisted with some television productions. So, I've met a number of famous actors including Robert Di Nero, Cuba Gooding Jr., Lee Majors, Ron Pearlman (Hellboy), and lots of famous musicians including the members of Journey, Def Leppard, and Artimus Pyle (Lynyard Skynaryd's drummer), Simon Kirke (Free and Bad Company's drummer), Fred Coury (Cinderella's drummer), Spencer Davis, Gunnar Nelson, Jeff "Skunk" Baxter (Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan), Michael Lardie (Great White), Sandy Gennaro (Joan Jett's drummer), Mark Farner (Grand Funk Railroad), Teddy "Zig Zag" Zavaridis (Guns 'n' Roses), Chad Smith (Red Hot Chilli Peppers' and Chickenfoot's drummer), Kelly Keagy (Night Ranger's drummer), Ian Paice (Deep Purple's drummer), Max Weinberg (Bruce Springsteen and Conan O'Brian's drummer) and many more.

I have taken masters drumming classes with Dave Weckl (Chick Corea, Paul Simon), Steve Smith (Jean Luc Ponty, Journey, and Vital Information), Peter Erskine (Weather Report), Tommy Igoe (Birdland Big Band and Broadway drummer), Tony Royster, Jr. (Jay-Z's drummer) and Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez.

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