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 Mack Adams is well acquainted with his
subject matter. He has over two decades of experience in aviation as a
pilot, flight instructor, FBO operator, FAA designated pilot examiner, and
aircraft sales executive. Among other airframe manufacturers, the author
enjoyed being a part of Embraer, the now renowned Brazilian aircraft
manufacturer. The author draws broadly from the challenges and heady
excitement of the early days of Embraer in creating the fictitious RioAero.
Now retired from the industry that took him to
dizzying heights, Mack Adams enjoys spending time with his wife, a couple of horses, and a black and tan coonhound named Rally, as he spins tales as a writer. He combines a degree
in speech, theater and English writing from the University of Pittsburgh
along with experience as an associate editor (trade books) and advertising
copywriter to serve as the launch point for his fiction. He has been a
freelance contributor to The Washington Post, where he has
published both feature and non-feature material.
The author’s depth is enhanced by his further
studies resulting in an MBA in microeconomics (Temple University), as well
as his work-world experience as a CFO and as an undergraduate and
graduate-level adjunct faculty member. Mack Adams’ broad range of interests
outside of aviation allow for diverse subject matter to be interspersed
throughout his stories.
Mack Adams’ expansive, firsthand knowledge of
aviation, airframe manufacturers, and airlines make Missed Approach
as accurate as it is compelling. No detail was left to chance. The author
has personal experience with most of the elements contained in the story.
But, of course, the author’s work is fiction.
Aviation Experience & Pilot
Licenses/Authorizations Earned:
Airline Transport Pilot
Certification #2139471
Flight Instructor: Airplane,
Instruments, Glider
Ground Instructor: Basic,
Advanced, Instrument
Ratings: Airplanes (Single-
and Multi-engine, Land and Sea), Glider
Type Rating: EMB-110
(Embraer Bandeirante)
FAA Pilot Examiner:
Private, Commercial, Instrument, Airline
Transport Pilot
FAA Recognition: Flight
Instructor of the Year – District Award
Flight Time: 8,000+ hours
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