The Empty Sky: Mysterious aircraft disappearances, 1927 – 2014

by Steve MacGregor

How can six US Navy aircraft and their crews vanish in the space of a few hours? What could cause a modern airliner to disappear completely? How can a light aircraft go missing without a trace but its pilot be found dead with no trace of injury months later on a lonely Scottish hillside? These are the stories of six of most baffling unsolved aviation mysteries. Each is covered in rich detail including an analysis of all the available evidence, an examination of the theories about what happened and the most likely cause.From the disappearance of two of the first pilots to attempt to fly from Paris to New York in 1927 to the vanishing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 in 2014 this book covers ninety years of the empty 1927: The White Bird vanishes 1937: What happened to Lady Lindy? 1945: The strange case of Flight 19 1975: A pilot vanishes in his light aircraft, then reappears months later, dead… 1978: A young pilot goes missing after reporting an encounter with a UFO 2014: An airliner vanishes in mysterious circumstances Each case is a mystery but in each it is possible to use the evidence to deduce what must have happened. If you love mysteries, this book is for you.

251 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 11, 2019

About the author

When I was around twelve years old, I decided to share some important information with my father: I knew what I wanted to do when I grew up. 'I'm going to be a writer!', I told him. He thought for a moment before replying: 'Don't be an idiot, boy. You'll be needing a proper job.'

And he was of course entirely right. I did need a proper job. Or several of them, because I never did find a career that fully engaged my attention. But all the time, I secretly still wanted to be a writer. I was lucky - I was able to find writing jobs with magazines at first and later with web-sites and they kept me happy when most of my proper jobs simply made me tired.

Now, I'm even more lucky. My two children have finished University and are becoming frighteningly grown-up. My wife (who, unlike my father, has always supported my desire to write) and I have been able to spend several years travelling the world and living and working in some delightful places including Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar and Italy before settling in Spain.

And now, finally, I can develop the career I always wanted - as a writer. I write blogs and articles for websites, I have clients for whom I write and edit in places as different as Vietnam and Australia and I finally have the chance to write book length fiction and non-fiction.

If you have read any of my books and enjoyed them, please take the time to complete a short review on Amazon and let others know why. If you have comments or questions on any of my books, please e-mail on stevemac357@gmail.com.