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During his stint with the War Department, Maxey worked with a famous World War II aviation hero and was active in surveying and photographing what was to become the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, coming under rifle fire from an irate farmer in the process. Sound exciting so far? Wait, there's more. In his extensive travels around the United States and the world, Maxey was not to be caught without his camera, recording everything and returning to assemble it all in the synchronized sound slide shows which were shown free to the public. For one of these shows, entitled "San Francisco," Maxey (then well into his 50s) did a little in-depth research and spent the night with a roomful of counter-culture folks in I.If I r ' 1% 5 sg 'ew York City >9 roundtrip Denver 19 roundtrip 'LL il fl 't Lauderdale >9 roundtrip indtrip airfar A special o or American you want to go places, it's time for the An" ;ss? 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But, as has been said by many a wise man, life truly begins at retirement. Upon retiring from the Kline Iron and Steel Company in 1974, Maxey began channeling his energies toward even more creative pursuits, continuing his ongoing photography of Columbia and world travels while also preparing a compilation of his best photographs of the capital city for his first book, Historic Columbia, Yesterday and Today in Photographs, which was published in 1980. Since then, Maxey has cranked out three more books and a hefty, oneinch-thick thesis for his engineering master's degree. 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The Columbia High School Story (1984) is a collection of headlines and news stories dealing with the battle to save Old Columbia High School from demolition. Maxey was an active participant in the effort to preserve his alma mater and offers many personal insights and opinions on the struggle in the book. Columbia's Bicentenial (1986) celebrates the city's 200th birthday in photographs, and Airports of Columbia, a History in Photographs and Headlines, his latest effort, combines Maxey's photographs of local airports with newspaper stories dealing with area airfields since air travel began. Why, at a time in his life when most people strive to be as unproductive as possible, has Russell Maxey burst forth onto the publishing and education scene in such a big way? "Retirement gets to be a drag," Maxey says, certainly not one to beat around the bush, also admitting that his return to college "took more time than I'd expected." 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