#AmazonPrimeDay #Aviation Blowout & FREE #Kindle Books! NOTICE TO AIRMEN & WOMEN!!! Folks, later this week I’ll be in training, so will be a tad “NORDO” (No Radio.) But, that doesn’t mean we can’t have some serious aeronautical fun right here, right now! To wit, in celebration of the upcoming Amazon Prime Day on July 11th, […]
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 […]
Scorching Hot Planes & Icy Airways Adventures! A Song of Ice and Fire . . . Folks, I hope you’ve been avoiding the scorching heat out there, unlike I have. Being based in Phoenix, AZ, and experiencing record high temperatures (approaching 120°F/49°C), we’ve been in the news lately. This week, it’s been so hot, that many […]
2017: An Airways Odyssey—Part 1! Folks, it’s been too long since my last post. Believe me, I’m gonna make up for it with a flurry of new posts in the coming week(s)! As you’ve no doubt read, I’ve been on the Airways Magazine Alaska cruise for the past week, and I come back bearing a bounty […]
Secrets of an Airline Freight Dog They call themselves, “Freight Dogs.” They belong to a mythical yet elite outfit called, The Order of the Sleepless Knights. When you go to sleep, they go to work, schlepping boxes 25,000 feet over the countryside, often in aging aircraft, some even without autopilots, through rain, sleet, snow and hail. And, […]
Blogs & Blog Buddies Part 2! Folks, from the flight blog, welcome aboard! Several great new aviation sites have popped up recently, started by none other than our own Blog Buddies! I’ve been Jonesing to tell you all about them, but other aviation stories kept landing on our desk (cough, UAL, cough!) Well, now’s the […]