I've definitely been asked about some of the characters. These characters are composites. In general, people want fiction to be really simple, like, 'This is his life.' And it's just not true.
Quotes about composites (4 Quotes)
After conducting a walk through plant tour and meeting with Sparta Composites in San Diego, California, we signed an NDA to begin work on proprietary airframes which are currently being developed by Global, ... Sparta manufactures various composite structures and aviation products for many of the systems that are currently being used in the US military, including currently fielded UAV airframes like the Raven and Dragon Eye.
I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up.
We lost our best composites technician because there's no child care.