When it comes to nonfiction books, the title and subtitle are almost as important as the contents of the book. A good title/subtitle combination can't guarantee a best seller, but a bad title/subtitle combo can certainly sink a good book. After much deliberation, I have settled on the book title …
A note from one of the TWA 841 accident investigators
My goal in telling this story has always been to tell it in a compelling and unbiased manner. That's why the book relies so heavily on the comments and writings of some of the very people who were there at the time. If what I write comes across as biased, it's only because I find the evidence so …
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Hoot Gibson Remembered
I first met Hoot back in November of 2012. I flew to Las Vegas to interview him for a possible book about his experience with TWA 841. His health and memory were in decline even back then. I spent three days interviewing Hoot, and while I thought he had an interesting story to tell, his inability to …
Important new clue concerning TWA 841 CVR erasure
A while back I wrote about the spiral dive and crash of SilkAir Flight 185 in the post, What if they crashed? That particular post also has a full length documentary concerning the crash and subsequent investigation. During the investigation into this accident, investigators discovered that both the …
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Score one for the defense
I thought this image was appropriate for the story I'm about to tell in this post as well as the time of year. As I near completion of a first draft of the manuscript, I am taking another look at the trial that was held in May of 1983. I have written about that trial in several other posts on this …
Silenced
During the course of the two year investigation into TWA 841, the three cockpit crewmembers never had an opportunity to dispute, in a public forum, the claims being made against them. At a deposition held on January 29, 1980, first officer Scott Kennedy had written a prepared statement that he …
