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What if they crashed?
In the previous post, I talked about the discrepancy regarding the altitude TWA 841 recovered from the dive. The bottom line is that at the speeds they were descending they were at most a few seconds from spiraling right into the ground whether they were at 5,000 feet or 50 feet.
How close did they come?
One of the unanswered mysteries about TWA 841 concerns the altitude the plane reached before the recovery. The official record has always been that the plane recovered at approximately 4,900 feet. The last altitude shown by radar was 4,900 feet. The flight data recorder, which you can view for yourself
All about Hoot
This month marks the one year mark of this project. My best guess is that I’m looking at another twelve to eighteen months before I’ll have a marketable manuscript. Writing a book takes time. Writing a good books takes longer. A year ago all I knew about Hoot Gibson was
An alternate theory
As a writer working on a story about an accident investigation, my goal is to present the facts and let the reader decide whether or not the conclusions of the NTSB and Boeing were correct or not. I want to tell the story of what happened in a compelling but
The scales of justice
The civil trial of Holly and Tim Wicker vs. TWA and Boeing determined liability and damages. The attorney representing the plaintiffs was a very competent attorney for criminal defense by the name of Charles Hvass. As a lawyer representing clients against two deep-pocketed defendants, Charles Hvass was in an enviable
Why it matters
I started the research phase of this project a year ago this November. Since that time I’ve had a chance to talk to a lot of people about what they think about the crew’s involvement. I have not talked to anyone who believes that the crew did what The NTSB