![]() ![]() He became convinced Loewenstein's death was murder - the question became how was it done in a plane with 8 others on board and a door that was impossible to open while in flight. He dug back through the files and learned an enormous amount of material about the financial skullduggery of the period just before the great crash. Norris became intrigued by the case in 1984. The quasi-official verdict - even after his body was found nude floating in the channel, and even after Fokker mechanics demonstrated that it was almost impossible to open the only door during flight because of the tremendous air pressure against it from the slipstream and prop-wash - was accidental death. For example, why had the pilot landed on a beach even though an airport was close by? and why did the other passengers not notice anything unusual? The authorities were more than happy to declare that since the incident happened over the channel, no one had jurisdiction. Surprisingly, there was little official investigation, despite numerous mysteries. Somewhere over the English Channel he left the plane, either through accident, murder, or suicide. Fabulously wealthy financial tycoon Alfred Loewenstein, left England for a routine flight to the Continent in his new eight passenger Fokker trimotor on July 4, 1928. ![]() It concerns the investigation of an old aviation mystery. There I discovered William Norris's The Man Who Fell From the Sky, a remaindered book on sale for $1.48. On the last trip to Madison I somehow forgot my normal accoutrement, and so, having some time, gravitated toward the nearest bookstore. with which to amuse myself during the inevitable waits. Usually, whenever I have to chauffeur folks around I take along a briefcase with various and sundry items such as books, electronic chess, paper, etc. The Man Who Fell From the Sky contains excitement and mystery as Norris researches the business tycoon’s life, death, and aftermath of his demise and comes to a conclusion of how Alfred Loewenstein vanished into thin air. Did Loewenstein fall, did he jump, or was he pushed from his own aircraft? Investigative journalist William Norris develops a theory of how and why this prominent, rich, and famous man died so violently without any explanation or official investigation. And of course, there were the more sinister theories claiming that someone pushed him out of the aircraft. Many said his fall was an accident while others speculated that he jumped from the plane to commit suicide. People were quick to explain his mysterious death. ![]() While flying over the English Channel, Loewenstein fell through an exit door of the airplane on his way to the lavatory. On a July evening in 1928, Loewenstein boarded his aircraft with six others to travel from England to Brussels. Companion of the Bath, friend of kings, an aviator and sportsman, a maker and loser of fortunes, and most favorably, a multi-millionaire. How a multi-millionaire vanished into thin air.Ĭaptain Alfred Loewenstein was known as many things during his glamorous and gaudy life. ![]()
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