Martin Caidin was an American author, screenwriter, and an authority on aeronautics and aviation.
19 Facts About Martin Caidin
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Martin Caidin wrote numerous works of military history, especially concerning aviation.
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Martin Caidin bought and restored a 1936 Junkers Ju 52 airplane.
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Martin Caidin wrote three sequels to Cyborg: Operation Nuke, High Crystal, and Cyborg IV.
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Martin Caidin was credited in episodes of the original Bionic Woman series, a Six Million Dollar Man spinoff, but not in the 2007 remake of The Bionic Woman.
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The book was adapted into a 1969 movie of the same name starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus and Gene Hackman, with Martin Caidin making a brief appearance as a reporter describing the arrival of the rescue vehicle at Cape Canaveral.
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The movie was based on Project Apollo and Martin Caidin revised his novel in 1969, as a movie novelization, to reflect the change.
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Martin Caidin wrote the book Exit Earth, which was a Noah's Ark in space story; he said it was one of his favorite books and he always felt it would be an amazing motion picture.
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Martin Caidin was pilot-in-command of Iron Annie on November 14,1981, when 19 people walked on one of its wings, a world record.
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Martin Caidin was one of a small number of pilots to have successfully taken off a Junkers Ju 52 in less than 400 feet.
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Martin Caidin chronicled the warbird restoration movement generally in Ragwings and Heavy Iron, and the restoration and further adventures of Iron Annie specifically in The Saga of Iron Annie.
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Martin Caidin recounted this journey in his book Everything But The Flak.
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Martin Caidin worked as a pilot for the movie The War Lover, flew with the US Air Force Thunderbirds demonstration squadron for several months, and was made an honorary member of the US Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team.
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Martin Caidin established a company with the purpose of promoting aeronautics to young people.
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Martin Caidin was a friend of 1960s talk show host Joe Pyne, and used the same confrontational interview style, combined with research.
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Martin Caidin taught a progressive journalism course at the University of Florida in Gainesville, titled Martin Caidin's Law.
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Martin Caidin, known as a stickler for technical detail, incorporated supernatural elements in his Bermuda Triangle novel Three Corners To Nowhere.
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The magician James Randi offered to test Martin Caidin's claimed abilities during 1994.
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Martin Caidin died of thyroid cancer on March 25,1997 at the age of 69.