Feature Article Lets Readers Taste the Joys of Air Travel from a Bygone Era

Tired of the cramped quarters in Coach? Airways Magazine's latest issue features a story about a cockpit ride aboard an airliner straight out of air travel's Golden Age. Columnist Eric Auxier shares the joys of flight from a bygone era, aimed primarily at aviation enthusiasts.

Phoenix, United States - July 24, 2017 /PressCable/ —

Tired of the cramped quarters in Coach, eating a cardboard snack served up by crabby flight attendants? The cover story of Airways Magazine’s latest issue lets the reader savor the joys of air travel from a bygone era. Airline pilot, author and Airways Magazine columnist, Captain Eric Auxier, shares with readers a recent ride in a fully-restored DC-3, the backbone transport from the Golden Age of Air Travel. Aviation and history buffs, as well as travel enthusiasts—and anyone who pines for the era of suit and tie-clad passengers, or simply bemoans today’s aerial cattle cars—can find the full article in the September, 2017 issue of Airways Magazine. Available in bookstores in over 60 countries, the issue can also be found online via the author’s website at capnaux.com, via AirwaysMag.com/store, or through the magazine’s iPad app.

Entitled, “Jumpseating on a Piece of History,” the article features an inside-the-cockpit view of an actual flight. This should be of particular interest to aviation and history buffs as well as travel enthusiasts. What’s more, the article not only puts the reader in the cockpit with the pilots during a live leg, but one that happens to be an actual history-making flight. Indeed, at nearly 80 years old, the plane is poised to become the oldest aircraft to circumnavigate the globe.

The venerable DC-3 is considered one of the greatest aircraft ever made. It’s the plane that lifted the public’s mindset off the train tracks and into the increasingly-friendly skies of the 20th Century. Christened in 1940 as “Miss Cleveland” and delivered to a fledgeling American Airlines, this particular DC-3 has been recently restored by Breitling Watches and has completed over 2/3rds of its global journey. In addition, the aircraft also holds the unique position of being the only DC-3 in history to be dispatched as a WWII bomber. The best example of the uniqueness of this bird is perhaps found in the following extract:

“Despite the dull Seattle overcast, Miss Cleveland glistened. The only tailwheel plane on the ramp, her regal nose pointed skyward, as if eager to slip the surly bonds of chocks to dance the skies with laughter-silvered wings. Painted a spotless snow white, a royal blue band and gold pinstripes running fore to aft down her centerline, she looked like something out of an Indiana Jones movie. A stellar flying machine born smack in the middle of the Golden Era of Flight.”

In discussing the article’s creation, Captain Eric Auxier, Airways Magazine Columnist and the article’s author, said:

“As an airline pilot, I must admit to being somewhat pampered in the cushy Left Seat aboard my stately Airbus A321. Normally, about the most stressful part of my job, besides dodging the occasional thunderstorm, is deciding when to eat the inflight meal. At this point in my life, I like it that way, but that doesn’t mean I don’t occasionally pine for the good ol’ days, both in my own career and that of my predecessors, when life in the sky was considerably more—uh, shall we say, ‘adventurous’.”

Regular readers of Airways Magazine, many of whom are referred to as “plane spotters,” will notice the article takes a familiar tone, which has been described as a “chairborne aviator’s dream come true”. In addition, the author offers free supplements to the article on his personal website, “Adventures of Cap’n Aux” (capnaux.com), including extra photos and videos, stories behind the story, and an exclusive video interview with the DC-3 pilots themselves. Perhaps the most anticipated feature is a special video by the author himself, originally filmed during several live Facebook broadcasts during an inflight leg of the journey. The broadcasts alone attracted tens of thousands of online viewers worldwide. The author welcomes comments and questions from readers in relation to the article, as visitors regularly enjoy sharing their own facts and experiences relating to air travel, both modern and historic. The reason is simply because the author, as well as the entire staff of Airways, are aviation enthusiasts, often referred to as “avgeeks,” themselves.

Anyone who has a specific question about past, present, or future articles can contact the author via his website at capnaux.com.

“Jumpseating on a Piece of History” is the cover story of Airways Magazine’s September, 2017 issue, and is available in bookstores in most countries, as well as online via the author’s website at capnaux.com, via AirwaysMag.com/store, or through the magazine’s iPad app.

Contact Info:
Name: Eric Auxier
Email: [email protected]
Organization: EALiterary Press
Address: 4000 E Sky Harbor Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85034, United States

For more information, please visit http://capnaux.com

Source: PressCable

Release ID: 218238