Sitting onboard a flight that’s ready to go, only to be held at the gate due to weather or some other unforeseen circumstance? Well, now’s the time to have some fun! Have you ever wanted to visit the cockpit? Ask the Flight Attendant if it’s ok, and come on up and say Hi! As […]
Confessions of a Former Airline Pilot Stop the Presses! CONGRATULATIONS to retired airline captain and Audio Narrator Thomas Block, for receiving the coveted status of Approved Producer by ACX, Amazon’s Audible platform. If you don’t already know, Mr. Block is the narrator for all of my audiobooks, from the Last Bush Pilots to the There I Wuz! series! Congratulations, Captain Block! Of […]
Harsh Lessons From Airline Accidents Over the years, there have been many air disasters that became catalysts to drastic changes—improvements—in air safety. For example, the tragic 1956 midair over the Grand Canyon between a TWA Super Constellation and a United Air Lines DC-7 led to the Federal Aviation Act, which created the FAA and led to the Air […]
How do you become a pilot in Europe? Cap’n Raph shows us how he did it! Lessons on how to reach the European pilot’s cockpit.
His name is Captain Richard De Crespigny. He flies the world’s largest airliner, the Airbus A380, for Qantas Airlines. And on November 4, 2010, he and his crew suffered what is called a “Black Swan event”—an event so rare that it can’t be prepared for, with major consequences. That event: the explosion of his Number 2 engine, […]
Ladies and Gents, THANK YOU for your incredible support of my books and novels! So far this year, together we have raised nearly $1,000 for our orphan charities warmblankets.org and flyingkites.org! This means SO MUCH to me! Again, my heartfelt gratitude! For a peek at all my books, available in print or ebook […]