Any pilots out there?
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Any pilots out there?
I was just curious how many on this board hold some sort of pilot certificate.
I just added a multiengine rating to my commercial certificate, and I fly as much as I can afford to. I'd love to meet someone who wants to split some multiengine time. Maybe there's a cardiologist out there who needs someone to keep the fluids running in his King Air or Citation...
I'm a few years out of college working at a defense contractor in Ft. Worth, but I'd like to eventually trade my engineering job for a cockpit seat (DFW to Zurich on a 777 would be nice).
I just added a multiengine rating to my commercial certificate, and I fly as much as I can afford to. I'd love to meet someone who wants to split some multiengine time. Maybe there's a cardiologist out there who needs someone to keep the fluids running in his King Air or Citation...
I'm a few years out of college working at a defense contractor in Ft. Worth, but I'd like to eventually trade my engineering job for a cockpit seat (DFW to Zurich on a 777 would be nice).
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Been licensed for 25 years but haven't flown in 3 or 4 years. Learned in taildraggers, soloed in a 1942 Taylorcraft L-2. Later flew Citabrias.
There is nothing wilder than to be aimed straight down, spinning around in an airplane. World's best roller coaster, without a track.
There is nothing wilder than to be aimed straight down, spinning around in an airplane. World's best roller coaster, without a track.
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Originally posted by Morris
Been licensed for 25 years but haven't flown in 3 or 4 years. Learned in taildraggers, soloed in a 1942 Taylorcraft L-2. Later flew Citabrias.
There is nothing wilder than to be aimed straight down, spinning around in an airplane. World's best roller coaster, without a track.
Been licensed for 25 years but haven't flown in 3 or 4 years. Learned in taildraggers, soloed in a 1942 Taylorcraft L-2. Later flew Citabrias.
There is nothing wilder than to be aimed straight down, spinning around in an airplane. World's best roller coaster, without a track.
I have a bit more than 100 hrs, so I'm a definite newbie.
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SFD- no, Outside mag is not on my reading list, but I believe it. But lets count the actual number of fatalities in aerobatic flying, and then compare to the others. Bet it's low. But usually accidents are fatal.
I have never spun without an experienced pilot or instructor in the back seat. But what a kick.
Went up once with a guy who, in his career, flew more airplanes than I can even name. We did loops, hammerheads, spins, rollovers, in his open cockpit bi-plane. Then he took my wife up, who is afraid to fly, after promising not to scare her. When they came back in, he flew the runway with one wheel on the ground, one wheel up. She never even knew it, but we were all laughing on the ground.
I have never spun without an experienced pilot or instructor in the back seat. But what a kick.
Went up once with a guy who, in his career, flew more airplanes than I can even name. We did loops, hammerheads, spins, rollovers, in his open cockpit bi-plane. Then he took my wife up, who is afraid to fly, after promising not to scare her. When they came back in, he flew the runway with one wheel on the ground, one wheel up. She never even knew it, but we were all laughing on the ground.
