Real World Pilots

[MachFly]

but I have flown some of the planes in the game.

nice, which ones?

[Saurdaukar]

nice, which ones?

Also curious.

I know there are a couple guys on the board with some F4U stick time.

Mighty impressive.

[legoman]

R/C and small bush planes.

[Kazaa]

I know thrila is training to fly for the fleet air arm!

[mia389]

I have 900 hours in the crj this year. Been busy year.

[Banshee7]

I don't fly professionally yet, I am working towards doing airshow performances in my Edge 540T.  This summer will be attending a school by Sean D Tucker (Awesome airshow pilot) which will put me on that path!  CAN'T WAIT! 

Sol

I want an autograph please, please, please!!!


Sean Tucker is one bad mofo

[Kazaa]

I feel that rather a lot of adults who play flight sims have some sort of background in real world aviation.

[Banshee7]

I feel that rather a lot of adults who play flight sims have some sort of background in real world aviation.

I was kind of thinking the same.  Although, there are LOTS of people online that's probably never been off the ground.

[CAP1]

I don't fly professionally yet, I am working towards doing airshow performances in my Edge 540T.  This summer will be attending a school by Sean D Tucker (Awesome airshow pilot) which will put me on that path!  CAN'T WAIT! 

Sol

wait.......

where are you at again?

and i was just on yellow's website...........i want one of those 38's.

what engines are you using on yours?

[flyemu]

Wow, didn't expect to see that!   Especially a couple of commercial guys.

I'm Commercial, Multi, Instrument, CFI down in Savannah, GA.  If anyone is ever near KSAV give me a PM and we'll have a beer.

Now if I could just get all of us on one squad. 

Mike "Hardpoint" McCormick
Pale Horses

[flyemu]

Yep
Private/instrument/commercial/multi-engine/taildragger/amphib

Dude what kind of Amphibs have you flown?  Goose?  Caravan? PBY?

[flyemu]

Student.

Hours slowing with weather...

Have you soloed yet?

[MachFly]

I don't fly professionally yet, I am working towards doing airshow performances in my Edge 540T.  This summer will be attending a school by Sean D Tucker (Awesome airshow pilot) which will put me on that path!  CAN'T WAIT! 

Sol

Let us know when you'll be flying at airshows, I'm sure will have a lot of people from here who will come and watch. Good Luck

Just out of curiosity: do you know Sean Tucker in person?

[Guppy35]

I flew light planes for a while back in the late 70s early 80s.  Pipers and Cessnas.

When my oldest son was 11 I paid for time for him in a Cessna 152.  He'd been flying Sims for a while.  He was able to handle the 152 well according to the instructor.  The time in the sim flying gave him the general idea of how it all worked.

When i was taking lessons at age 17, my instructor would get tired of my rounded off downwind, base and final and tell me to 'quit pretending you are flying a P51!"

[Have]

I have a glider pilot license and about 50 hours in my logbook after three flying seasons.

This is the plane which I used most during the previous summer:


The Ka-6CR design is from 1959 and this example was built sometime in the 60's. It has wooden construction and minimal avionics with your butt being basically the main instrument. A real pleasure to fly

Here's a shot from the cockpit. It was a real good flying day with excellent thermals: