A Song of Icebergs and Fire! (Airways Alaska Cruise Part 3)

A Song of Icebergs and Fire! (Airways Alaska Cruise Part 3)

A Song of Icebergs and Fire! (Airways Alaska Cruise Part 3) Folks from the flight deck, let’s continue with our Ice and Fire theme. But, how about we ditch the sweltering Fire stuff, which continues to permeate the countryside (or at least we here in PHX!) and just think, Ice! Or, more specifically, icebergs! Which we […]

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Robot is My Co-Pilot

IT’S OUT!!! THERE I WUZ! ADVENTURES FROM 3 DECADES IN THE SKY VOLUME 3 MORE . . . —Aeronautical Adventures —Inflight Emergencies  —Tough Lessons —Stories behind the stories —Guest Stories —Love, Laughs and Tears in the Sky —Surprises! In this Military-themed volume, I take a backseat to some top gunners of today and yesteryear . . […]

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The Legacy of ValuJet 592

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the ValuJet 592 tragedy.   On May 11, 1996, Flight 592’s McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 crashed into the Everglades a mere eleven minutes after takeoff from Miami, killing all 110 people on board.   On takeoff, improperly packaged and labeled oxygen generators in the cargo compartment caught fire, which quickly spread […]

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