About

Born in Italy and raised in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Fausto Gardini grew up between Latin and Central European cultures.
His professional life unfolded over three decades in commercial aviation and airline information technology, an industry where time zones blur and “home” is often a boarding gate. After twelve years with Luxair, Luxembourg’s national airline, he joined SITA (Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques), working in Paris and later Atlanta while traveling extensively to promote airline IT services. Along the way, he met executives in ninety-eight countries—just shy of a full set.

Following the September 11 attacks, he left aviation to focus on writing, publishing, and teaching, trading flight schedules for sentences, with marginally fewer delays. He is a corresponding member of Luxembourg’s Grand Ducal Institute and a founding member of the Luxembourg American Cultural Society of Belgium, Wisconsin—“Home of the Luxembourgers.”
Fluent in six languages, he has lectured throughout Europe and the United States. His publications include Escape from Luxembourg, 1933–1940, documenting the flight of European Jews through Luxembourg during the rise of Nazism, and the memoir My Life from a Window Seat.
He lives in Jacksonville, Florida, with his wife Marcia, a Scarlett in her own right.