Pilots Checkin

[HBirdman80]

Did a search and came back with no results, so thought I'd ask: how many THPers are pilots (PPL, Commercial, or ATP)?

Have you ever used your flying skills to go on golf excursions, and, if so, what's your favorite trip?


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[coers]

I know (FlyingWedge) is a pilot... I think he flies for United Airlines.

 

[Six4three5]

Not a pilot but my sister works for Flight Safety in Long Beach, CA. I think that has a lot to do with the private side if I remember correctly.

 

[Erky]

Not a pilot, but my brother is a Navy pilot (F-18).

 

[stryper]

I thought I'd bump this it in light of the skydiving thread.

Years ago, when I turned 40, my wife and I agreed that I needed a mid-life crisis. I suggested a girlfriend or a Harley, but she didn't like either of those ideas. She then went on to rattle off a bunch of other ideas, one of which was learning to fly. As soon as she said it, I knew that was it, it I didn't immediately react to it.

Awhile later, I found myself sitting at a computer, researching my options. Found a Cessna Pilot Center at a nearby airport, figured out the cost and how we'd pay for it, and eventually signed up for an introductory flight. After a short lesson on the ground, mostly just lift, thrust, weight, and drag, the flight instructor and I hopped in a Cessna 172 and I watched as the world fell away on takeoff. Roughly 40 hours flight time later, I had my PP-ASEL.

Thoroughly enjoyed every hour of training, and had fun taking my young daughter above and around the clouds. Flew once or twice a month for about six years, but eventually came to the conclusion that I couldn't justify the cost anymore at my level of income. That, and golf was starting to call, so I gave it up, but not without some of regret.

I still look up every time I hear the hum of a single engine prop overhead. And I don't think there's anything quite like being on an extended final approach, with a runaway centered and growing slowly but steadily larger on your wind screen, until it's time to cut power and touch down and roll out.

 

[tomcat]

Pilots Checkin

Still technically a student pilot. I've accumulated 58 hours, spread out over about 14 years, but never have been able to finish it up. Got a huge chunk of it done about 10 years ago, then moved to DFW where the costs skyrocketed....kids....work, and here I am.

A couple of pics from my first solo cross country. Just a short hop from PNC-RVS-ICT-PNC in the Grumman Tiger. Loved that aircraft.

 

[Roadrunner]

Not a pilot, but I was an air traffic controller in Indianapolis for 22 years. I still look up in the sky every time I hear a plane fly overhead.

 

[tomcat]

Not a pilot, but I was an air traffic controller in Indianapolis for 22 years. I still look up in the sky every time I hear a plane fly overhead.

Were you a center controller, per chance? If so, did you know Jason Strebig?

 

[Roadrunner]

Were you a center controller, per chance? If so, did you know Jason Strebig?

Yes, his working airspace was just south of mine - - I didn't know him well, but we saw each other pretty much every day at work for a few years.

 

[tomcat]

I think he went to ZID around 98 (we were both at Mesa Airlines). His FB acct still says he's a controller and lives in IND. Now, I have no clue how many different sectors/areas that one could work within the Center, so I would have to ask him.

 

[Roadrunner]

I think he went to ZID around 98 (we were both at Mesa Airlines). His FB acct still says he's a controller and lives in IND. Now, I have no clue how many different sectors/areas that one could work within the Center, so I would have to ask him.

I changed my post after I took a look at FB - I didn't recognize the name right away, but I saw a picture of him and remembered that he worked in the area right next to mine.

 

[davis20]

I'm a private pilot about 250 hours I believe. Owned a quarter share of a 210 for awhile. Haven't flown in a few years now though. It was my dream as a kid but now I'm an officer in a ship making more money than I could as a pilot for a lot of years.

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[Oldman]

Instrument Rated Pilot, (Not IR Current) with high performance endorsement.

Aircraft, Single Engine Land, with 2 hours in an Aztec. (Instruction)

Oldman

 

[Dave G]

First flight was with CAP in a J3 cub decades ago. Still remember N5143Z fondly. But I Don't miss landing with skis in snow one bit. Snow blind with all that white with nothing else for visual reference.

Later I took lessons and passed my 40 hr private but failed the physical. Back then you could not be color blind. Later I worked for Boeing and to this day I wish I'd re-examined the medical requirements as I learned color preception is no longer a problem. Boeing had a great private pilots program for employees.