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Ghosts of the Air Paperback – November 1, 2003

by Martin Caidin (Author)
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Imagine witnessing unexplicable events while piloting a plane thousands of feet in the air. These are real accounts from pilots who have experienced strange phenomena. Landing at an airfield that wasn't there; planes guided by dead pilots; Bermuda Triangle accounts; sightings of aircraft from the past; airfields haunted by airmen killed in action; ghost warning prevents plane crash; more.
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    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
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    November 1, 2003
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 0.64 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1880090104
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1880090107
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Martin Caidin is an author, professional pilot, and veteran of World War II. He has been an FAA examiner, a teacher, lecturer, researcher, radio broadcaster, stunt pilot, and actor. He has written over 200 books, including the famous classics Marooned, The God Machine, and Cyborg.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Galde Press, Inc. (November 1, 2003)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1880090104
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1880090107
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.64 x 9 inches
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Customers find the book engaging and believable. They appreciate the compelling stories and chilling true tales. The writing style is described as well-written and the content provides thought-provoking insights into aviation. Readers also mention that the book covers all aspects of aviation knowledge.

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Customers find the book readable and interesting. They appreciate the author's honesty, experience, and accomplishments.

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Customers enjoy the compelling stories. They find the true aviation tales chilling and engaging. The author's experience and personal drama are also mentioned as positive aspects of the book.

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  • C. Sinclair
    5.0 out of 5 stars This Is A Good Book, just so you know
    Reviewed in the United States on August 7, 2023
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    But he does seem to talk on and on before getting to the point but a very good book just the same.
    I do trust his accounts are indeed actual. I heard him interviewed on Coast To Coast by Art Bell, and I immediately wanted to get this book!!! Stories of Ghosts of the Air, no doubt! Ghosts on planes,.. ghost PLANES...
    Very interesting.
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  • Retired writer Mort
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent writer, chilling true stories!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2014
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    I could not put this book down.

    I was in the USAF, and then with a very large US airline after my discharge, and have experienced some of what he has described. Therefore, I believe what Mr. Cadin has written is true.

    I was lucky to be aboard his "Iron Annie" when it was being worked on in Miami, and got to take some photographs of it.

    And, as a bonus for the reader, his writing style is fantastic!
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  • Kimberly S Stoeffler
    4.0 out of 5 stars So, do you believe in Ghosts?
    Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2014
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    Great book for those that love aviation or are pilots. I have worked many airshows in the mid west and can tell you that some of what is in this book is a deja vu moment for me. When the crowds have gone and it just the ground handlers and the pilots working around the air craft especially the World War Two stuff you can fell and hear things that you just can't explain but, when the hair on the back of your neck goes up this book can explain some of what you have been touched by. The author has done his due diligence and research to try to back up his claims. I suggest you read this if you want to get a feel for what's out there.
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  • Ecy
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ghosts of the Air: True Stories of Aerial Hauntings
    Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2013
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    If you are interested in the weird and supernatural then this book is for you. You will find it hard to believe that the enclosed stories are real and yet the author has proof that they are. It is almost impossible to explain how these events take place and yet they do. This is the type of book you can't put down and if you are an aviation buff as I am, then you are in for a real treat. Hold on to your hat and hang on for the ride of your life. You will never look at an airplane again without thinking about this book! I purchased the book through Amazon and it arrived before its due date and in perfect condition.
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  • NewTexican
    3.0 out of 5 stars Three Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2014
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    a bit boring,,, just tells stories of things pilots saw or thought they saw.
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  • Definitely Ambivalent
    5.0 out of 5 stars AUTHOR MARTIN CAIDIN IS A LEGEND
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2019
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    For both his vast experience and the sheer drama of his own career, aviator and writer Martin Caidin is best for aviation non-fiction.
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  • Martin S. Mayo
    5.0 out of 5 stars Where is the documentation for this book?
    Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012
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    I purchased this book from Amazon and read it cover to cover. Fascinating. But no where in my copy is there ANY documentation, footnotes, quotation citations or bibliography. This book is being advertised as "thoroughly documented" - but in the copy I received - which looks like the copy posted here - there is not a single document cited in support of any claim. So, either the copy I received is faulty, or the claim is false. If anyone else has a copy with citations, I'd love to know.
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  • Robert I. Hedges
    2.0 out of 5 stars Impossibly Unorganized Stories Of Aerial Hauntings
    Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2015
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    I had the privilege of meeting Martin Caidin when I was a kid and he was doing the airshow circuit with his Ju 52. I was impressed and in awe. I was also very young. I am now an experienced airline pilot (and former USAF pilot) and am a bit less awed, but am still impressed with his accomplishments. I have read many of Caidin's books, particularly his writings about World War Two, and found them very absorbing. This is all background that helps explain why I am genuinely reluctant to give "Ghosts of the Air" two stars, but unfortunately the book deserves it.

    The book definitely needed a good editor, and comes across as more of a disheveled, ponderous telling of spooky tales with no opportunities for ego-stroking allowed to pass. He is extremely dismissive of anyone who disagrees with him, with perhaps the most egregious example being found on pp. 188-189 when in response to a skeptic he writes an extraordinarily arrogant narrative that doesn't really address the nature of the disagreement as much as it says, in essence, "look how important I am." The passage is quite lengthy, but here's a token smattering "As a member of AWA, AFA, CAF, VAC, SW (it's a long list) and many other aviation organizations, I've had numerous conversations with Yeager, Crossfield, Halaby, Bader, Galland, Gabreski, Johnson, Hoover, Poberezny, Jobst, Doolittle, Lear - it's another VERY long list." Blah, blah, blah....and so it goes on and on. The more he talked about himself the less impressed I got. Along with all the negative traits of a serial braggart, he also loves to use ridiculous jargon that I suppose he thinks impresses others (though probably not that many professional pilots.) There are way too many examples to cite in these pages, but I randomly flipped open the book to find one and found this on the first page I opened to (p. 211, if you care): "They had no warning of the neutercane they said didn't exist but that exploded out of 'nowhere' and with such fury it blew that station off the air and wrecked half the town. Made real garbage pie out of the joint." Garbage pie? Really? I mean, how cool are you? This is nowhere near the most egregious example of ridiculous vernacular, but merely the first one I came to.

    Some of the stories are genuinely compelling, and I do appreciate his taking time to try and write on the subject. I particularly liked the short anecdote about Captain Robert F. Tyler on p. 52. Unfortunately this story was very short, but I thought it was one of the most interesting, while much less interesting material droned on and on for pages (I especially tired of hearing about his exploits flying the Catalina.) The haphazard organization makes following the narrative maddening, and there are some things he is just not good at writing about, notably the time travel piece starting on p. 235 ("The Quantum Connection") which I like to call "Photons For Dummies" except that an actual book in the "Dummies" series would be factual and informative. This was a horribly written discussion of a subject about which he did not seem to be especially well versed, and certainly was not good at writing about: particularly painful is the fanciful imaginary dialogue with a physicist found on pp. 237-239. Groan.

    I wanted, really wanted, to like "Ghosts of the Air." I have liked Caidin's books since I was a pre-teen, but I just can't recommend this one unless you are extraordinarily interested in the supernatural and aviation: some of the stories are interesting, but much is unsourced, it is written in a very condescending tone, is terribly organized, and is in desperate need of editing. If the book was 100 pages shorter and less demeaning to those who disagree with the author's views it would have been a worthwhile investment of time. As for my copy, I recycled it. Literally.
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  • andy volper
    2.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better......
    Reviewed in France on April 7, 2021
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    OK, because I have been a Martin Cardin fan since the late 60’s, I have given this book two stars. Unfortunately, this book is annoying since he spends too much time telling us about the integrity of the story tellers, over and over again.
    There are a number of creepy incidents which really make one think, but not enough to justify the price of the book. This edition of the book was produced by Amazon in Poland, and it is clear that no one proofread it before putting on the marketplace.....the last chapter is just a bunch of unreadable text.....real gobblygook !!!!.......certainly a computer problem which no one took to time to correct !
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  • Tanitazar
    5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves a lot more stars than a mere 5!
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2020
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    Definitely the best best best book of true ghost etc stories - not many pictures but you don't need pictures - the writing is as vivid as a top-quality video - you are right there watching the action for yourself. This from one virtually incapable of picturing anything not in front of my eyes. Martin Caidin being American helps - with them everything is larger than life, and he shows you that the world really is larger than life, that is, there are more than just the three dimensions we are aware of most of the time. It is incredibly liberating to realise that i am not the only one to encounter the "impossible", that there is in fact no such thing as impossible, you realise you do not need a explanation. A quantum world indeed, of endless possibilities.
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  • Laurie Rauch
    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in Canada on October 5, 2016
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    Arrived within estimated time and exactly as described. Interesting read. Thank you.
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  • savvy shopper
    5.0 out of 5 stars FRIGHTENING STORIES HAD ME PUZZLED FOR DAYS
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 21, 2021
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    WELL WORTH A READ , VERY INTERESTING TALES OF THE PARANORMAL
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  • Jean-Louis
    5.0 out of 5 stars one of the best
    Reviewed in Canada on May 17, 2015
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    very, very interesting, one of the best
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