Quora Question Quorner Update!
Quora Question Quorner Update!
Quora Question Quorner Update!
Folks, from the Flight Blog, this is Cap’n Aux speaking. While we haven’t been super active on the blog of late, we’ve been seeing plenty of action over on my Quora page, where I answer all your aviation questions.
With that in mind, I figured an update of the “Best of the Best” Quora Questions was in order.
But First…
Happy (Un)Official Star Wars Day!
And, as always, …
And now…
Quora Question Quorner Update!
Current Events
Wannabe Pilots
Direct link to all my books:
https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Auxier/e/B00971H8VW
Wannabe Flight Attendants Quorner
A Pilot's Life for Me
Technonerd Quorner
Silly Question(s) of the Week
Quora Question Quorner Update!
Hemisphere Adventures
Commuter Pilot No More! Sort of...
These past couple months, I’ve been enjoying what is for me the Holy Grail of my position: flying my 777 in and out of PHX!
While it’s only for a season, for now, most of my flights are PHX-LHR (London)-PHX.
So, instead of spending half a day getting to and from LAX to start and end my flights, I simply drive to the airport. What a concept!
Good work, if you can get it!
Outta This World!
Recently, I was able to capture Elon’s Starlink climbing into orbit! Launched out of California, it gave our Phoenix sunset a perfect otherworldly compliment!
Check it out:
An Exaltation of Rainbows!
A couple weeks ago, rainy LHR gave us, not one, not two, but three different rainbows!
Here’s a couple of them:
Here’s hoping you have a great month full of rockets, rainbows, and unicorns!
Till the next post,
This is Cap'n Aux
Signing Off!
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About this week’s cover pic: Jumpseating into LAX on my old A321, for my flight to LHR. Last time before starting to fly them from PHX!
