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 […]
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 . . […]
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 […]