Education
Born in Cortland, New York, Serling graduated from Antioch College.
Born in Cortland, New York, Serling graduated from Antioch College.
He became full-time aviation editor for United Press International in 1960. His novel The President"s Plane Is Missing was made into a 1973 made-for-television film starring Buddy Ebsen. He was the older brother of screenwriter and The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling.
Was a United Press International, Washington, District of Columbia, reporter and manager of Radio News Division, 1945-1960, aviation editor, 1960-1966.
Air safety lecturer and consultant, beginning 1966. Collected commercial airline models (more than four hundred during his life) and material on aviation research.
Brother Rod Serling hired him as a consultant for the airplane sequences in the episode "The Odyssey of Flight 33" of his hit television-show The Twilight Zone. Something"s Alive on the Titanic and The President"s Plane Is Missing are fantasy novels set in real life high-profile backdrops.
Was a reporter for the Washington Redskins.
Travelled with the team and roomed with quarterback Eddie LeBaron. Authored the short story "Ghost Writer" published in Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories on the 50th Anniversary. Featured speaker at 2008 Airliners International convention in Dallas, Texas.
Member of the Society of Air Safety Investigators and the Aviation/Space Writers Association.