Lawrence David Kusche was an American author, research librarian, and pilot.
12 Facts About Larry Kusche
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Larry Kusche investigated unexplained disappearances and other unusual events related to the Bermuda Triangle to answer queries he was getting as a research librarian.
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Larry Kusche eventually wrote a book debunking most of the mysteries touted by other writers about that location.
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Larry Kusche was born in Wisconsin, and his family moved to the Arizona area when he was six.
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Interested in aviation, Larry Kusche qualified for a commercial pilot's license at age 19, was a commercial pilot by age 21, a flight instructor by age 24, and an instrument instructor.
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Larry Kusche took a leave-of-absence from ASU to finish his first book.
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Larry Kusche has worked as a technical writer in the Phoenix area.
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Larry Kusche's conclusion was that the Triangle was a "manufactured mystery," the result of poor research and reporting, and the occasional deliberate falsification of facts.
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Larry Kusche originally included a long chapter in his Bermuda Triangle book about Flight 19, five Navy Avenger torpedo airplanes on a training mission out of Fort Lauderdale Naval Air Station that disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean on December 5,1945.
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Larry Kusche later expanded this chapter into a book, The Disappearance of Flight 19.
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Larry Kusche studied the Navy's report of the investigation, interviewed many of the Navy personnel who were involved at the time, and flew the likely route of the missing aircraft himself.
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Larry Kusche explained why the flight leader erroneously thought he was in the Florida Keys, why he said his compass had failed, and why no wreckage has yet been found.