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cornemuse Samba Member
Joined: August 26, 2013 Posts: 32 Location: socal
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Posted: Sat Apr 09, 2016 9:26 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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I have a glider ticket, tho I have not flown in near 30 years, every so often, I think about starting up again. Flew mostly at Elsinore & Torry Pines in CA. To get aero tows at Torry, we would winch launch, then land on the beach for our aero tow! Flying the cliffs there after storms was awesome!!
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mslibertarian Samba Member
Joined: January 19, 2008 Posts: 191 Location: Mississippi
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Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2016 6:55 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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A pic of me getting ready for my first flight in the Thrush earlier this year. I've done about 100 hours in it so far.
_________________ "Veedubers is some strange folk." Bob Hoover
Haikus are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
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Scbrice Samba Member
Joined: May 04, 2019 Posts: 68 Location: Idaho
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 5:22 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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PatterBon wrote: |
Hey all! I just got enrolled in a pilot school over the summer and am getting my 10th hour of dual this weekend. I was wondering if anyone else here is a pilot too? I fly a 1969 Cessna 172. |
Yes sir
Airline guy since 2004
Beechcraft 1900D
Embraer 135/145
Airbus A19/320/321
Currently 737 , headed to captain upgrade Sunday! LUV my job , helps pay for VW addiction
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22670 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2023 6:24 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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Scbrice wrote: |
PatterBon wrote: |
Hey all! I just got enrolled in a pilot school over the summer and am getting my 10th hour of dual this weekend. I was wondering if anyone else here is a pilot too? I fly a 1969 Cessna 172. |
Yes sir
Airline guy since 2004
Beechcraft 1900D
Embraer 135/145
Airbus A19/320/321
Currently 737 , headed to captain upgrade Sunday! LUV my job , helps pay for VW addiction
73 Bus
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My early days I was a B1900 passenger every day. I loved the high security curtain for the cockpit until the day I saw an ILS into ROC in heavy snow… _________________ .ssS! |
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scrivyscriv Samba Electrician
Joined: October 04, 2011 Posts: 2922 Location: Memphis
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2023 11:55 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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Abscate wrote: |
My early days I was a B1900 passenger every day. I loved the high security curtain for the cockpit until the day I saw an ILS into ROC in heavy snow… |
EFVS with FLIR cameras make all of that a thing of the past.. the airline I work for has zero visibility landing capability on most of the airframes. It's cool seeing it work on the ground _________________ Robert in Memphis
Dünkelgrügen 1967 Java Green bug thread
Engine rebuild thread
If you're ever in the Memphis area, you are welcome to stop by for advice and help. |
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NJ John Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2007 Posts: 2224 Location: HdG, MD & NJ
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Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2023 2:09 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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Is there any info out yet about the plane crash in Oregon? The one that just appeared to fall out of the sky and hit a house. All 3 on board seemed so young. _________________ 1973 standard, yellow, lowered, 3” narrowed front, 1600 blo-thru turbo w/single dell 15.4@86, so far
11.41 et buggy. Long gone
Let’s go O’s! Let’s go O’s!
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Mal evolent Samba Member
Joined: March 31, 2009 Posts: 2912 Location: San Antonio, Nuevo Mexico
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Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2023 6:37 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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lapsed PPSEL - Private Pilot Single Engine Land VFR. never renewed my medical. had a heart attack, which cancels your medical. never had a BFR.
I tried every conceivable way to justify buying a plane, and always ended up deciding the only sensible thing to do is rent.
looked into VW powered planes. bottom line: maybe, if you weigh less than 185 and live near sea level, and you just want to putt around the pea patch. no way if you live at 4600 feet elevation, weigh rather more than 185 and the next airport is 200 miles away _________________ 73 Beetle Baja, Ghia front brakes, Type 3 rear brakes, 2220 ( 94 X 80 ), Weber Progressive, Bosch SVDA, '97 Mustang seats
Baja Bugs for Volkswagen Virgins: Index |
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KingAir42 Samba Member
Joined: May 24, 2002 Posts: 500 Location: Bakersfield
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Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 2:17 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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Charter/corporate pilot on a citation 1 and 3. _________________ A stitch in time saves nine |
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markendee Samba Member
Joined: April 30, 2009 Posts: 248 Location: Kyabram, Australia
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Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2023 11:45 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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Built my plane in my workshop in 2007, learned to fly, and built a hangar on my mate's farm.
Flew it all over Australia, flew 1000 hours and sold it three years ago when I found I was not using it enough.
Loved it and had a ball but was time to move on.
In my workshop.
(I have the sunnies on my head, my flying instructor is on the left in red t shirt)
Could land anywhere (almost)
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kingkarmann Samba Member
Joined: November 05, 2003 Posts: 4114
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 8:40 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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I've always been an aviation enthusiast, always wanting to take up flying but the dream never materialized.
I'm well into my 60's and finally have the means to pursue the dream but I'm quite sure I would not pass the flight physical.
Though I'm not going to be able to the real thing I received a gift of simulator time for my birthday.
Looking forward to it
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22670 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2023 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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I fly with a friend who is licensed and enjoy taking thecontrols. Dad was RAF in WWII so I feel the connection. He soloed in a Tiger Moth, by dH, was in aviation his whole life his work went to the Moon
That Air Force crash into the Iowa corn field was a tragedy last week, though. _________________ .ssS! |
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baldessariclan Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2016 Posts: 1385 Location: Wichita, KS
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:36 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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I’ve worked at Cessna for many years, and like a lot of the employees there am a small plane pilot as well. They have an excellent flying club and training programs, for new pilots all the way up to CFI’s (& beyond). A couple of my good friends started out there w/ zero flight experience years ago, and now fly jets for the company - not a such bad deal... _________________ 1971 Standard Beetle — fairly stock / driver
baldessariclan -- often in error, never in doubt... |
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baldessariclan Samba Member
Joined: October 14, 2016 Posts: 1385 Location: Wichita, KS
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Posted: Sat Dec 09, 2023 6:48 am Post subject: Re: Anyone else a pilot? |
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Abscate wrote: |
That Air Force crash into the Iowa corn field was a tragedy last week, though. |
Your post quoted above reminded me of another interesting story (albeit a bit sad). The father-in-law of one of the jet pilot friends mentioned in my post above worked for the FAA, and was one of the first investigators on the scene the morning after Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper died in that infamous plane crash in IA in the 1950’s. He (the friend’s father-in-law, passed away a few years back now) lived just down the street from us, so I was fortunate enough to get to hear some of the background and history on that a few times over the years. _________________ 1971 Standard Beetle — fairly stock / driver
baldessariclan -- often in error, never in doubt... |
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