{"id":35,"date":"2017-01-31T06:38:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T15:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2021-08-23T08:41:52","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T16:41:52","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About\u00a0Adventure Write<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Adventure Write was founded in 2007 by US Astronaut Bill \u201cBilly O\u201d Oefelein and Colleen Oefelein to promote the arts of writing and dancing, as well as education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Oefelein_Bill_and_Colleen_Bio-1.png\" alt=\"Oefelein_Bill_and_Colleen_Bio\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Oefelein_Bill_and_Colleen_Bio-1.png 300w, https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Oefelein_Bill_and_Colleen_Bio-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Oefelein_Bill_and_Colleen_Bio-1-185x185.png 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>About Billy O<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bill \u201cBilly O\u201d Oefelein, pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery\u2019s STS-116 mission to the International Space Station, logged over 308 hours in space. Hes&#8217; also a retired TOPGUN\u00a0Naval Aviator.\u00a0An avid adventurer, he\u2019s not only climbed several mountains, including Kilimanjaro, Mt. Whitney, and Aconcagua to name a few, he also completed the 1300 km Genghis Khan motorcycle trail through the Gobi desert and a 40-day meteorite-hunting expedition in Antarctica. Plus, he drove the Zamboni. Billy O was bitten by the aviation bug when he was just 14 years old, flying his first solo in a glider. Aviation Fever set in, and he never recovered. He\u2019s now logged thousands of hours in nearly 60 types of aircraft, including over 200 carrier-arrested landings in the F-18.\u00a0 He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University and a master&#8217;s in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Colleen<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Colleen Oefelein is a retired Air Force Officer who worked space launch at Cape Canaveral.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a\u00a0chemical engineer and disabled veteran who has worked 911 dispatch for Alaska State Troopers and currently teaches Irish Dance. Also a homeschooling mom, she speaks German, can fly a helicopter, net a salmon, navigate a river, and hem a pair of pants. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, she now lives in Alaska, but still roots for the Steelers and Penguins. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering with a focus in Biotechnology, and a BS in German, both from Penn State University. She also has one pointed ear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About\u00a0Adventure Write Adventure Write was founded in 2007 by US Astronaut Bill \u201cBilly O\u201d Oefelein and Colleen Oefelein to promote the arts of writing and dancing, as well as education. &nbsp; About Billy O Bill \u201cBilly O\u201d Oefelein, pilot of Space Shuttle Discovery\u2019s STS-116 mission to the International Space Station, logged over 308 hours in space. Hes&#8217; also a retired TOPGUN\u00a0Naval Aviator.\u00a0An avid adventurer, he\u2019s not only climbed several mountains, including Kilimanjaro, Mt. Whitney, and Aconcagua to name a few, he also completed the 1300 km Genghis Khan motorcycle trail through the Gobi desert and a 40-day meteorite-hunting expedition in Antarctica. Plus, he drove the Zamboni. Billy O was bitten by the aviation bug when he was just 14 years old, flying his first solo in a glider. Aviation Fever set in, and he never recovered. He\u2019s now logged thousands of hours in nearly 60 types of aircraft, including over 200 carrier-arrested landings in the F-18.\u00a0 He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Oregon State University and a master&#8217;s in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee Space Institute. About Colleen Colleen Oefelein is a retired Air Force Officer who worked space launch at Cape Canaveral.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a\u00a0chemical engineer and disabled veteran who has worked 911 dispatch for Alaska State Troopers and currently teaches Irish Dance. Also a homeschooling mom, she speaks German, can fly a helicopter, net a salmon, navigate a river, and hem a pair of pants. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, she now lives in Alaska, but still roots for the Steelers and Penguins. She holds a BS in Chemical Engineering with a focus in Biotechnology, and a BS in German, both from Penn State University. She also has one pointed ear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":676,"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventurewrite.com\/blog1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}