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 veterinarian wife and a couple of horses as he spins tales as 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.