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Offline JOACH1M

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Lucky day...
« on: April 13, 2012, 11:25:50 AM »
Parents took me a buddy to the keys this morning...private jet to my suprise.  :airplane: I even got to take the controls for a bit!  :rock.

at 40,000ft seen a jet go by.






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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 11:57:01 AM »
You landed 59 minutes ago...didn't take you long to post pictures.

I think the company that owns that aircraft is a NetJets affiliate IIRC. The name looks familiar. I thought they got rid of their BeechJets, though.
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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2012, 02:06:48 PM »
How tall are you?   :)

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2012, 02:13:27 PM »
You look so thrilled.
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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 02:47:00 PM »
Pilot must be a Rook (37,000 ft)

It's always cool to get to the cockpit, congrats!



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Offline JOACH1M

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 03:23:31 PM »
How tall are you?   :)
5'7 friend is 6'3
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Offline SirJeeves

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 03:57:03 PM »
5'7 friend is 6'3

Don't fret it you still got a lot of time to grow into a man.

Offline JOACH1M

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 04:48:11 PM »
Don't fret it you still got a lot of time to grow into a man.
:) I'm not to worried about my height  :lol
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Offline SunBat

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 05:56:22 PM »
Hey, at least your friend looked really cool right before he got sucked into the engine.
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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 06:11:29 PM »
You landed 59 minutes ago...didn't take you long to post pictures.

I think the company that owns that aircraft is a NetJets affiliate IIRC. The name looks familiar. I thought they got rid of their BeechJets, though.

     Looks like a Hawker to me, the yoke is a dead giveaway  :D

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     It's been three years since I got out of general aviation, so I'm not sure who the Netjet "Borg" may have acquired recently  :lol
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Offline xbrit

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2012, 08:24:38 PM »
I was thinking the same thing Phan, been awhile since I worked with them maybe a few styling changes
but here was how they looked with 32Sqn years ago.

Offline B4Buster

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2012, 08:53:26 PM »
My bad, Hawker and Beech are the same entity to me. Being a Beech fan, I just use it as a general term.

"NetJet Borg"  :lol

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Where are my manners...

Very cool J0, a great experience for you.
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Offline JOACH1M

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2012, 09:40:50 PM »
It is a hawker 800  :).

Parents thought they  would spoil me a bit for being a good little lad. :D
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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2012, 06:43:26 AM »
I flew a Helicopter once, planes are easy mode!  :neener:

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Re: Lucky day...
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2012, 06:55:34 AM »
Nice!



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