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      • An active pilot and aerospace expert, Caidin wrote both historical works and novels as the actual events happened. Orphaned at an early age and placed in a home, Caidin was taken in by his grandmother on an upstate New York farm, but then set out on his own in his early teens without finishing high school.
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    Feb 29, 2024 · Martin Caidin. Author and Talk Show Host. Like Asimov, Martin Caidin wrote more non-fiction than fiction, his books numbering approximately 160. Unlike Asimov, Caidin was unschooled, self-educated, and a doer who actively participated in the race into space.

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  3. (1927-1997) US pilot, aerospace specialist and author who wrote over 80 nonfiction books, some for the juvenile market, mostly on aviation and space exploration.

  4. Mar 24, 1997 · Martin Caidin was a prolific and controversial writer. Most of his work centered around the adventures of pilots and astronauts. A number of his books were notable for their reasonable, realistic predictions of then-futuristic technology.

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    • September 14, 1927
  5. Martin Caidin has 171 books on Goodreads with 24302 ratings. Martin Caidin’s most popular book is Black Thursday: The Story of the Schweinfurt Raid.

  6. Feb 8, 2019 · Martin Caidin was a sci-fi author and an aviation expert. He is best known for his 1972 novel Cyborg. It was the basis for the TV shows "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman." In 1964 Director Frank Capra asked to use the title of Caidin's book Rendezvous in Space for an unrelated documentary. Caidin said yes but Capra had to buy ...

  7. Martin Caidin is one of the outstanding aeronautics and aviation authorities in the world. He is also a member of the TenTon Club of England for his supersonic flying in the earlier days of "Mach-busting," and is as well known for his stunt flying and airshow performances as he is for writing.

  8. Caidin's Flying Forts is a classic. He starts with the conception of strategic bombing and follows the idea to the use of the B-17 in combat in World War II. His descriptions of how the aircraft was conceived to be used to how it was actually used was masterful.

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