The problem with a bio of Jeff Hawke (or Doug Arnold and a few others for that matter) is quite a lot of 'fact' is annecdotal - and some will be disputed by family members - in certain families into court. Most of the good stuff won't ever hit the page, for these reasons. Having seen a few cases like this in my time, I'm wary of entering the arena...
On the web, however, while the law's essentially the same, the 'IIRC' aspect can help... Hint hint...
On the other hand the less -ah- controversial people have a different obsticle - I've interviewed John Romain, but with a veto on publication, as he wanted coverage of the aircraft, not him. I managed to publish (in the late lamented Warbirds Worldwide) a profile of Clive Denny, which was well recieved, as Clive is a down to earth bloke with an insparational story - fireman to Spitfire pilot in a lot of hard lessons, in summary!
OHB was someone we wanted to profile, but we were led to believe that WHB wouldn't be keen.
Comment, annecdote, etc greatfully received.
Cheers
James