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June 30, 2015
Black Swan Event Part 2
THANK YOU for your incredible support of my books and novels! So far this year, together we haveraised 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 (via any e-reader with a Kindle app), check out my author page on amazon: http://amazon.com/author/ericauxier And now ....
June 22, 2015
Piloty Stuff!
Daddy’s little pilot! I hope all you Daddies had a wonderful Father’s Day!
Friends,I’ve beenworking hard behind the scenes to brings you more amazing aviation content!
Thought I’d touch base with you in regards to some great upcoming stuff.
First, however, I hope all you daddiesout there had an excellent Father’s Day. I know I did! OK, so I spent the dayflying my A321 across the country, but I can think of worse ways to spend your day!
(Minor Confession: OK, so I did take a little time off to...
June 4, 2015
There I Wuz—More Adventures!
Cap’n Sam Sez: “This book’s gonna FLY!”
Ladies and gentlemen, from the Flight Blog, I am proud to announce the arrival of my brand new, bouncing baby . . . book!
YES! It’s Finally Here! Volume 2 of There I Wuz! Adventures From 3 Decades in the Sky!Preorder link:http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00YHFPM7U
Once again, it is my great pleasure toput YOU in the driver’s seat of myAirbus A321!
MOREstories, MOREphotos, MOREguest authors, MORElove, laughs and tears at Flight Level 390, in an adventure spa...
May 28, 2015
Black Swan Event: the Captain De Crespigny Story—Pt. 1
His name is Captain Richard De Crespigny. He flies one of the world’s largest airliners, the Airbus A380, for Qantas Airlines.And on November 4, 2010,he and his crew suffered what is called a “Black Swan event.”
Anengine failure is extremely rare; only 1 out of every 5 pilots will experience an engine failurein their career.
But this was no ordinary “failure.” The Number 2 engine exploded, damagingall but one system and rupturing fuel tanks.
For two grueling hours, Captain De Crespigny and h...
May 21, 2015
Fly-By-Wifi? Not so Fast, Hacker!
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Fly-By-Wifi? Not So Fast, Hacker! “Computer expert madeplane fly sideways!” the USAToday headline cries.
Much ado has been made recently about Security researcher Chris Roberts allegedly hacking into wifi and commandeering a Boeing 737.
I believe it is all much ado about nothing.
According to t...
May 14, 2015
EyeWit-Less News: Mary Schiavo and the Clueless Press
“Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story.”Mark Twain
All,
Abuzz in the aviation community right now is chatter about a recent, grossly inaccurate and ignorant article—a supposed“exposé” by a local news station, an ABC affiliate.
The “exposé”concerns a U.S. government-sponsored TSA program called Known Crew Member, or KCM.To hear this“crack investigative team” tell it, it sounds like a nefarious conspiracy designed to endanger your aircraft.Instead of giving equal time to theTSA...
May 1, 2015
May the BIF & WOTR Be With You!
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April 23, 2015
AirwaysNews Op Ed: Top 5 Modern Improvements in Aviation Safety
Folks, from the Flight Deck, this is Cap’n Aux speaking.
I know I’ve been a tad sporadic with the posts lately, but believe me I’m working hard behind the scenes to bring you the best aviation content your blogbuckscan buy!
Just a quick overview of current projects:—Writing There I Wuz! Adventures From 3 Decades in the Sky—Volume II
—Writing Code Name DodgerMission 3: Jihadi Hijacking
Both books are scheduled to be released this year, starting with There I Wuz! V. II in June, and Jihadi Hij...
April 13, 2015
Jumpseat Adventures & WOTR!
Folks, I know you’ve been dying to see Part 1 of our amazing interview with Qantas A380 Captain Richard De Crespigny, and I’ve been dying to show it to you! However, I’ve been coordinating its release with AirWays Magazine, and we’ll have to wait a tad longer. In the meantime, we are OVERDUE for our next
But first, I’d like to fill you in on some great adventureswe had recently . . .
USA! USA!For starters, please welcome America’s newest citizen, Bunny!
After moving...
April 1, 2015
BIF: Germanwings 9525, and Media & Regulatory (Ir)responsibility
In these dark times, may they all find peace.
Welcome to our monthlyBlogging in Formation discussion, wherein our team of 8 pilot-bloggers take to task a current aviation topic.
Today, on what’s celebrated as April Fool’s Day, we have a sadly apropos subject to discuss: the probable ill-conceived, knee-jerk, political sledgehammer “fixes”to the tragic Germanwings incident.
We start our discussion...
