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Top 5 Modern Improvements in Aviation Safety

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

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Black Swan Event—Part 3

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,

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The Last Bush Pilots by Eric Auxier

The Last Bush Pilots

An Amazon Top 100 Breakthrough Novel! 

Two young pilots, one bold dream—to fly for the airlines. But if Alaska doesn’t beat them, their friendship may.

“You won’t want to put it down while the midnight sun still shines!”

– Airways Magazine

“A pleasurable and entertaining read. Alaska is the final frontier, where one lives according to Nature’s rules and whims. About having a dream and pursuing it, even if you literally have to go to the ends of the earth.”

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There I Wuz! Adventures from 3 Decades in the Sky

True tales from 30,000 feet!

Short, nonfiction stories from Eric “Cap’n Aux” Auxier, as well as other pilot-authors! From Auxier’s first steps into the sky as a young teen, to a harrowing brush with Alaska’s relentless weather, to escaping a Category 5 hurricane in the Caribbean, he puts us in the cockpit with him on an amazing career in the sky!

 

“An aviator with a gift for storytelling!”

– Karlene Petitt, Airline Pilot; CNN Correspondent;

Author, Flight For Safety

There I Wuz Aviation Novels
Code Name Dodger Jihadi Hijacking

Code Name: Dodger
Fly-Spy Series!

Lots of Spying…and lots of Flying!

“Just then, the A321’s master alarm clanged, pummeling our ears. I exclaimed, ‘We lost another hydraulic system’!”

– Excerpt, Mission 3 Jihadi Hijacking

Young Dodger is the next James Bond, and his Middle East adventure is like none other when he finds himself piloting an Airbus A321!”—Karlene Petitt, Pilot, Author, Flight For Safety, CNN Correspondent

“An engaging espionage tale that aims to enlighten!”—Kirkus Review

“4/4 STARS—One of the Best Books I’ve ever read!”Online Book Club

Missions can be read in any order.

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Code Name: Dodger—Declassified

Read Justin’s continuing adventures on Amazon’s new Kindle Vella serial platform—designed especially for smartphones and eReaders! 

The Best Job Ever

I'm a Boeing 777 Captain for a major U.S. airline. I may have over 24,000 hours in the cockpit, but I am still madly in love with flying. Through this blog, I share with you the magic, the joy, and the travails that is the airline pilot career. Life's an adventure—life in the sky, exponentially so!
Eric Auxier
Airline Pilot + Published Author
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The Last Bush Pilots - BEST SELLER

Amazon Top 100 Mainstream Fiction Breakthrough Novel. "Mayday, Mayday! I'm Going Down, I'm Going D-" You can buy on amazon today!