Paul W.J. Harding was born in England but is a long-time resident of Nassau, Bahamas. Having qualified as a Class A Captain and an Open Water Scuba Instructor, he founded an award-winning dive-charter business, Diving Safaris Ltd in 1976. After seventeen years of success entertaining nearly 50,000 clients, he attended flight school in Florida in 1989 to gain his Private Pilots License, having bought a seaplane before he could even fly. During this time he worked as a cameraman and director for TV companies including The Discovery Channel. Harding is a Commercial, Multi-engine Land & Sea and Instrument Rated Pilot. In 1990 he formed Safari Seaplanes and flew for a further twenty-three years before retiring. Today, Harding is a freelance writer for aviation magazines, as well as enjoying art and photography.