what do you fly in RL?

[Saurdaukar]

Meh... Ive got like 4 hours in a 152.  That count for anything?

[CAP1]

Meh... Ive got like 4 hours in a 152.  That count for anything?

yea it does. now get ur arse back up and get your ppl sir!!

[colmbo]

B-24 (type rated), B-17, Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and a bunch of Cessna time.

[RumbleB]

lol this is the wrong thread

[abc123]

B-24 (type rated), B-17, Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and a bunch of Cessna time.

T-6 Texan?  What did you think about it?

[colmbo]

Yes, the original T-6 Texan, not the II.

It's a WWII era airplane built by North American...what could possibly be wrong with it? <G>

[eagl]

Around 650 hrs in the F-15E, another hundred or so in the T-38, just a bit under 1000 hrs in the T-37, and around 20-25 so far in the T-6 Texan II.

I started with a dozen or so hrs in a glider and around 90 in C-150/152/172s...

[Yippee38]

B-24 (type rated), B-17, Mustang, T-6, PT-19 and a bunch of Cessna time.

So how does one go about getting opportunities to fly aircraft like that?  Is it all about who you know?

[BiPoLaR]

i have countless hours in a commercial airliner.
Does that count?

EDIT: thats riding in one.
Im not as cool as Adonai

[colmbo]

So how does one go about getting opportunities to fly aircraft like that?  Is it all about who you know?

The P-51 and T-6 I paid for. <G>  The B-17 and B-24 was a case of I was in the right place at the right time. I'm retired so I had the time to volunteer, I had the basic skills needed and was willing to learn, I did my share of the work and I was the luckiest guy in the world. <G>

If you're a pilot get some high performance time, get tailwheel time, get some multi engine time.  Build skills that you'll need to fly WWII airplanes.  Beg, borrow or steal. <G>  Volunteer at museums with a flying program, etc. 

[Grayeagle]

Been awhile since I have flown in R/L ..

Last time up was in Crazy Horse TF-51D.. most fun I have had with a machine on this planet, so far)
Got time logged in 'Snaggletooth' ..'68 Cessna 172, fun times.
A bit of fun in an Aeronca Champ ..first 'stick' airplane I ever flew ..just too much fun.
A bit of time in a Stearman PT-17 ..actually looked down on I-5 and the cars really were goin faster than we were.
..the flying wires really do change tune when you get close to stall (change AoA and airspeed)
A bit of fun in a Cessna 180 (first tail dragger ..damn if I could get it to TURN out of the chocks ... LOL..good thing no one was behind us)

-GE

[jollyFE]

The RQ-4A Global Hawk.

[Flifast]

13,000+ hours logged in 81 different aircraft types and still have time for Aces High!  Flying at 38,000 feet with a full load pays the bills but, bombing at 4K in B24's is alot more fun.

Airline Pilots:  Love the job, hate the career for family life, job security. 

Flifast
Claim Jumpers

[lowZX14]

My Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14......convincing wife to let me take flying lessons though, but doubt that will happen for a little while.

[Cobra516]

Good to see so many other pilots on here!

I solo'd my 16th b-day in a C-172 and got my PPL at 17.  Been flying with my dad in his '54 L-21B Super Cub since I was about 6, and he lets me fly that around when I can, to build time, it's not the fastest thing around but it's a lot of fun, low & slow with the side doors opened up just "Cubbin'" around.

I just broke 300 hours total time the other day flying a C-172RG working on my commercial/instrument.  Have been flying an AA-5B Tiger for most of the instrument training, it's a great plane - I really like a "low wing" airplane - visibility is better, and just feels more like flying when you're looking out over the wing. 

Have a few hours flying some aerobatics in a Marchetti SF-260, a Citabria Decathlon and an RV-8.  Got to fly a N3N (Stearman) a few years ago for about an hour in formation with my dad that was flying his Cub - that was fun, [cliche]nothing like that open cockpit and a big radial engine and the wind in the wires![/cliche]

Planning to start flight instructing this spring to build more time so I might be competitive for a pilot slot at a regional airline, it'll be crappy living for a while but I think it'll be worth it in the long run, so long as I don't get furloughed, repeatedly, 

Around 650 hrs in the F-15E, another hundred or so in the T-38, just a bit under 1000 hrs in the T-37, and around 20-25 so far in the T-6 Texan II.

I started with a dozen or so hrs in a glider and around 90 in C-150/152/172s...

That's good stuff man, has to be a kick to fly fighters. That's a lot of Tweet time!  I take it you're a now an instructor at UPT?  I was planning to fly F-16's in the Guard until I found out I had scoliosis in my lumbar a few years ago, never knew I had it, apparently it will DQ me from ejection seat aircraft, bummer   I might still take the AFOQT and send out packages to units and see what happens, might be some slim chance I could get a waiver - but it'd probably have to limit me to flying class IIB (non ejection seat) - if they'd let me through the 6 months in the T-6.