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Title: any pilots here?
Post by: udet on July 12, 2002, 04:00:40 PM

Just curious...any civilian or military pilots(in real life) play this great game? Post pics of you and your ride if you have any

Title: do glider pilots count?
Post by: crowMAW on July 12, 2002, 11:40:35 PM

Here is my ship:

Pilatus B4 PC11-AF

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: Ozark on July 13, 2002, 12:12:46 AM

Soloed on the morning of my 16th birthday in 1974 and flunked my drivers test that afternoon (no joke)! Private Ticket on my 17th birthday. Still flying. :)

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: eagl on July 13, 2002, 12:42:03 AM

I've done a little military flying...

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Post by: moose on July 13, 2002, 01:34:39 AM

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Originally posted by eagl
I've done a little military flying...

::jealous::

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Post by: funkedup on July 13, 2002, 01:46:47 AM

Moose he's just the nose gunner.

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Post by: tshred on July 13, 2002, 02:28:37 AM

(http://www.mtaonline.net/~tshred3/N8426L.jpg)

'68 C172 with a 220hp Franklin and constant speed seaplane prop. Usually on Floats. Haven't flown it in 2 years, waiting for my prop governor to return from repair shop now. Off to get my Instrument and comercial ratings next month.

Hey, Eagl, I'll trade ya :D

ts

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: UnDeth on July 13, 2002, 02:38:49 AM

It's been a few years and my license is in need of renewal but I've flown the usual stuff, 152, 172 but my favorite was a Katana.

(http://www.diamondaero.com/images/da20ECLf-sm.jpg)

(http://www.diamondaero.com/images/katana3.jpg)


Note the stick in the above pic.  Yokes are for making eggs.... Sticks are for flying

Also note the bubble canopy.  All composite construction.  For low end aircraft this plane was the best.  I swear if it had 6 .50's on it..... :eek:


Eagl.  That's a damn nice ride.  Know where I can get checked out in one of those :D

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: Gixer on July 13, 2002, 02:50:22 AM

I have a commercial licence for Helicopters which I do as a partime job. Mostly PnC time in H500's though some Jetranger time as well.



...-Gixer
The Horse Soilders

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Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 13, 2002, 03:03:52 AM

I hope it wasn't too hot where you flew this Katana :D :p :D  Got to love the composite falling appart when you have no parachute :cool:

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Post by: FTJR on July 13, 2002, 04:45:28 AM

This is my present ride

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Post by: Turbot on July 13, 2002, 04:52:14 AM

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Originally posted by eagl
I've done a little military flying...

my cousin (a cute chick with a wierd first name :) designed the alot of the software for that bird.  I'm no expert but I am gonna assume that is an E.

Cessna 402 because (lol A26 pure coinecidence trust me) Queen Air cost too much to fly.  

Anyone guess her first name (on the E project) and I just gonna have to shoot ya.

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Post by: SirLoin on July 13, 2002, 05:08:09 AM

Lol!..I think I'm the only guy in No418 Hornets that isn't an airline pilot..:)

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Post by: Flossy on July 13, 2002, 05:48:18 AM

I'm not, but my husband, Zeb, is.... at least he took his Private Pilots License a good few years ago now, though has not been able to keep it current.  He learned to fly in a Piper Cherokee at a Flight School (Air Navigation & Training) at Blackpool in the UK.  Some pics of him and our son, Cloud[y], checking out one of the aircraft he regularly flew in....

http://www.zeb.clara.net/photos.html    :)

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Post by: beet1e on July 13, 2002, 05:52:34 AM

Past tense for me, but accrued about 900 hours, many in this...

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Post by: beet1e on July 13, 2002, 05:59:08 AM

... and this is the instrument panel etc. It was a very comfortable plane (though not much headroom in rear).

I agree with Undeth though - yokes suck. I'm a stick man too. Learned to fly in a K13 glider, then soloed in it and then the K8, K18, owned an Astir CS (crap - a Pegasus would have been much better). Moved on to Grob 109 motor glider, got hooked on powered flight (gliding is too hit and miss in British climate - just look out of the window right now) and owned a Piper Warrior 151 on a leaseback arrangement. Some banana crashed that in a field the size of a shoe box when he tried to land it (was his old microlight field) and I decided to go private with the TB10 whose photos are here. The Rallye (made by same company - Socata) had a STICK. I liked that :)

Hitech - take note of the manifold pressure gauge in (second dial from right), and note that with the engine off, it reads the current atmospheric pressure :D:D:D

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Post by: Wilbus on July 13, 2002, 06:55:51 AM

I'm a pilot but don't have any pics at the moment.

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Post by: Thunder on July 13, 2002, 09:43:47 AM

I am a pilot. This was my favorite ride until last October!

(http://www.applink.net/thunder/spoof/fd.jpg)


Thunder

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Post by: RTR on July 13, 2002, 09:48:47 AM

Fly helicopters commercially full time. Probably why I tend to vibrate and shake my way through the air in a Spit too!
Have Pics..just no way to get em here yet.
         "kick the skid, and Spin the Lid"!
                                                       RTR

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: Otto on July 13, 2002, 01:05:08 PM

There are many pilots here...:)

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Post by: udet on July 17, 2002, 10:28:04 PM

woaaaa I am so jealous on ya all :)

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Post by: BD on July 17, 2002, 11:05:42 PM

I have about 350 hours, mostly gliders, with some Cessna, King Air, & taildragger time thrown in.  Owned a Salto (aerobatic glider) for a few years.  

I am most proud of having flown a glider to 36,000 feet in mountain waves, and having flown another on a 500km round trip flight in an afternoon.

Here is my last ride, an LS-4.

(http://www.users.qwest.net/~jschwerin/img/LS-4%20outside.JPG)

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: tkor on July 18, 2002, 11:26:30 AM

Private ticket, but alas, not current:(
Flew Cessna 150s, 152s, 172s, and 182s, Piper Cherokees, Archers, and Arrows. Favorite ride was the Archer.
TKOR

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: narsus on July 18, 2002, 11:44:08 AM

Going for my private now (pre-solo), training in a Piper Cherokee.

Title: Little plane pilot here
Post by: GreyWind on July 18, 2002, 12:20:00 PM

Here is my current plane. Just a bit of a contrast from the jets huh?

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Post by: Biggles on July 18, 2002, 12:39:21 PM

Here's a pic of me in my old Gere Sport Biplane. I put about 175 hrs on it before selling it to someone in CA. Nothing like an open cockpit! Got my ticket in '79, 5 months from ground school through check ride. I've also owned a single-seat Quickie I, KR-2 with a Barker VW conversion & supercarb, and a 1941 Culver Cadet LCA. No yokes in any of those! :)

AlgyFT

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Post by: LePaul on July 18, 2002, 12:43:45 PM

Moi.  Private Pilot.  Haven't flown in 1.5 years since there isn't much to rent here, is always booked or some other damn reason.

205 hours logged

Got 1.5 hours in one of these (co pilot)....some of you may recall I was damn near killed in one (picture not the one I flew in, but did have Aussie Roo's on it)

(http://www.checksix.net/vampire.jpg)


Sold my BD-5 kit a few weeks ago.  Really didnt MEAN to...airline pilot wanted to see it, and offered $5k on the spot for it.  I bought the thing for $3k, so hey, take the money and run!

Pondering the next ride.  Really kinda partial to the L-39s, I would just love to get some jet time.  Budget forces me to realize "Props are Good"  Oh well, maybe someday!  If I were to build another, it would be one of these...

(http://www.viper-aircraft.com/images/gallery/gal_vjkp3.jpg)

Viper Jet (http://www.viper-aircraft.com)

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: Gunthr on July 18, 2002, 02:01:13 PM

My old Champ. I flew it for several years in 7 different states out of Michigan...



(http://srg2000.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/champweb.jpg)  1946 7-AC Champ, N1438E, 65 HP Cont.


(http://srg2000.tripod.com//sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/clipped-champ1.jpg) Getting ready to tow it home to my garage for some repairs.

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: CyranoAH on July 18, 2002, 03:34:31 PM

I am a member of a club, so I get to fly different airplanes:

CAP10B (Aerobatic Trainer, now working on my aerobatic solo)
(http://casal.upc.es/danig27/cap10b-1.jpg)

C172N
(http://st.upc.es/danig/echlt1.jpg)

Robin 200-120
(http://casal.upc.es/~danig27/fotos/Robin-Gloria/640/DSCF0035.JPG)

C182 (no picture)

The club also has 152s, a PA28, a Flamingo, a Pitts S2A, a Zlin Z-50 (being repaired), two Bucker-Jungmanns, a 172FRJ, and a twin, but I haven't flown those yet.

Don't be fooled, I'm a newbie with only 100 hours and a 1 year-old PPL license... I'd fly more, but it's so damn expensive! :mad:

Daniel

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Post by: Dago on July 18, 2002, 06:38:36 PM

Am going to try to post a couple pics of planes I am flying, sometimes the server fails me though.
dago

1941 N3N

(http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/evil/440/N3N3.jpg)

!956 Piper Apache

(http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/evil/440/Apache1b.jpg)

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: Kevin14 on July 18, 2002, 08:33:22 PM

Dumb Question: Does anyone fly old airplanes like WWII props?

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Post by: udet on July 18, 2002, 08:37:25 PM

CyranoAh, who is the girl in your last pic? :)

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Post by: udet on July 18, 2002, 08:41:57 PM

Kevin,it's not a dumb question...it's just that few people can afford that :(

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Post by: senna on July 18, 2002, 08:42:40 PM

Yeah shes pretty cute. I like the was she wears her belt. Like its an "action" belt or something.

:D

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Post by: udet on July 18, 2002, 09:23:33 PM

ahh i have a thing for redheads :cool:

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Post by: CarlosL on July 18, 2002, 09:31:08 PM

My brother and I just started flight school.  This is a pic of me on my first flight in a Cessna 172, my intro flight!

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Post by: udet on July 18, 2002, 10:13:43 PM

congrats CarlosL!!!

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Post by: Beegerite on July 18, 2002, 10:31:35 PM

Used to be a CFI with about 3500 hrs and then developed an aversion to flying (go figure?).  In any case, last April while in Disney World I decided to break the spell.

Beeg
Rampaging Rooks of Retribution

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: CarlosL on July 18, 2002, 10:45:52 PM

Thanks udet, this stuff is sooo easy and confusing at the same time lol!  But ,y VFI says I'm doing great, thanks again.

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Post by: Blue Mako on July 18, 2002, 10:50:59 PM

I have a student license with a solo endorsement on C152's.  I'm hoping to afford to finish my PPL in the next couple of months (darn wife is expensive to keep).  I also have a lot of unofficial stick time in many fixed wing aircraft and helicopters.

I also have a couple of hundred hours as a flight test engineer, if that counts. ;)

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Post by: Toad on July 18, 2002, 11:18:33 PM

(http://www.nd.edu/~afrotc/photos/AF%20Pics/RC135V.jpg)

(http://www.baaa-acro.com/photos/B767-Delta.jpg)

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: CyranoAH on July 19, 2002, 02:06:16 AM

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Originally posted by udet
CyranoAh, who is the girl in your last pic? :)

Her name is Gloria, and she is my fiancée (been together for almost 7 years now, phew! :) ).

Here she is in a C130 in a recent visit to the Military Airbase at Zaragoza.

(http://www.spania-hq.com/modules/My_eGallery/gallery/Eventos/Zaragoza110402/28-gloriahercules1.jpg)

BTW, right now she is attending the Summer Session of the International Space University held at Pomona, CA.

Daniel

PS: Actually, she's not a redhead, but a brunette. It's just that depending on the light, she can actually be mistaken for one.

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: udet on July 19, 2002, 04:04:33 PM

CyranoH u are a lucky guy. So pilots indeed get the hot chicks. But I bet astronauts get the hottest of all :)

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Post by: midnight Target on July 19, 2002, 04:16:25 PM

Pomona is right around the corner.... :eek:

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Post by: CDR Akira on July 19, 2002, 04:35:58 PM

I was a North American Fall Webworm in my past life.Ah those were the good old days...

What were you in your former life?

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Post by: Puck on July 19, 2002, 04:52:40 PM

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Originally posted by eagl
I've done a little military flying...

Ever run across an O-3 F-111/B1B driver named Glenn Thibault?  He's been out since shortly after the gulf war (caught a virii in one eye that blinded and gounded him).

He joined the Martin Bakker club in a T38 over North Dakota when some missing lockwire cost him both engines.

Just curious.

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: midnight Target on July 19, 2002, 05:05:42 PM

What is the Martin Bakker club?

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Post by: Dago on July 19, 2002, 07:16:03 PM

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Martin Bakker club

Honorary club of those who have used an ejection seat to save thier life.

dago

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Post by: CyranoAH on July 19, 2002, 07:40:17 PM

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Originally posted by udet
CyranoH u are a lucky guy. So pilots indeed get the hot chicks. But I bet astronauts get the hottest of all :)

Hehe I consider myself lucky, you can be sure about that! :)

Back to the original topic, here's a nice pic that a friend of mine took today in a flight with 3 aircraft from the club. The airplane I'm flying is a Robin 200.



Daniel

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Post by: eagl on July 19, 2002, 10:11:50 PM

Sorry Puck, I haven't met the man.

I'm in the farthest left side wingman in this pic.

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Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 19, 2002, 10:45:40 PM

Helllllllllllllllllllllllllo Gloria.

Hey pomona is next to the airport I fly from, will you visit her soon? I will bring you guys up over L.A..:)

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Post by: CyranoAH on July 20, 2002, 05:07:44 AM

You fly from Ontario?

Thanks for the offer Frenchy, mais je dois rester ici pour faire marcher notre societé... elle ne peut pas travailler là, et alors je fais mon travail et SON travail ;)

Anyway, feel free to invite her alone, but I doubt she'll be willing to fly. Heck, she doesn't want ME to fly. :)

She's on a pretty tight schedule, but I can give you her email if you want to try. :p

If you come to Spain, be sure to send me an e-mail, and I'll take you for a ride here.

Daniel

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Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on July 21, 2002, 02:54:09 AM

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Originally posted by CyranoAH
You fly from Ontario?

If you come to Spain, be sure to send me an e-mail, and I'll take you for a ride here.

Daniel

Hell yeah!:D  I didn't flew a Robin for years (Flew HR200/DR300/DR400 and Regent)

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Post by: Tuck on July 21, 2002, 08:16:45 AM

I found my ride, a Piper Cherokee 140, on the net a little over three years ago.  :D  

(http://members.aol.com/tuck0006/images/planejeep2.jpg)

Breakfast from McDonalds before a flight.  :rolleyes:

(http://members.aol.com/tuck0006/images/breakfast.jpg)

The Tuckster

How's My Flying?  Call 1-800-BITEME
(http://members.aol.com/tuck0006/images/lawnd2a.gif)
(http://members.aol.com/tuck0006/images/tucksspita.jpg)

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Post by: Mikepb42 on July 21, 2002, 12:17:57 PM

Flew the EMB-120 fro a while,  now in the left seat of the CL-65 down here in HotLanta.

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Post by: Halo on July 21, 2002, 12:50:53 PM

Does throwing up in a C-119 as an AFROTC cadet count?

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Post by: Busher on July 21, 2002, 04:01:09 PM

Most of the 418 RCAF fly one of these:

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Post by: Busher on July 21, 2002, 04:07:45 PM

Sorry - this

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Post by: Busher on July 21, 2002, 04:08:34 PM

or this

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Post by: Busher on July 21, 2002, 04:09:20 PM

or this (last)

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Post by: small on July 21, 2002, 05:22:45 PM

And they pay me for this.... :)

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Post by: CyranoAH on July 21, 2002, 06:07:55 PM

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Originally posted by small
And they pay me for this.... :)

For taking pictures of airplanes? :D:D:D:D:D

Sorry couldn't resist :p

Daniel

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Post by: Thorns on July 21, 2002, 07:39:00 PM

I have 250 hours in a Cessna 150, 152, 172, Cutlass, Citabria's, Kitfox(build and sold it), and a two-seater Eipper MXLII(N104RR).  I have over 600 hours in Ultralights...Now that's flying. :D  I should be glad I didn't kill myself!  I haven't flown in over 10 years(Pilot in Command), but I can sit back, close my eyes, and still review the movies that are in my head...everyone should have their turn to feel free.    ;)   WARNING: Sport flying can be hazardous to your marriage. :rolleyes:

Thorns

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Post by: small on July 22, 2002, 03:17:53 AM

Nah - they pay me for leaning on engines ;)

Sorry Dan, couldnt resist:D

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Post by: CyranoAH on July 22, 2002, 03:43:48 AM

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Originally posted by small
Nah - they pay me for leaning on engines ;)

Sorry Dan, couldnt resist:D

LOL :D

Is that an A320?

Daniel

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: udet on July 22, 2002, 04:44:30 PM

lol Halo, did you quit ROTC after that? I know a guy who did :)
I wish I could go up in one of those birds. As long as the ride doesn't last  too long,I should be OK...
Anyways, I am amazed at the number of pilots that play AH. It inspires even more respect for this sim.

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Post by: Kevin14 on July 22, 2002, 05:55:47 PM

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Originally posted by udet
Kevin,it's not a dumb question...it's just that few people can afford that :(

I bet if some company started making P-51s again they could make a *hitload of money

Title: any pilots here?
Post by: Mikepb42 on July 22, 2002, 07:33:11 PM

Those canucks talk funny,  but they do make fine airplanes. :)

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Post by: Zigrat on July 22, 2002, 09:34:14 PM

mikepb42 you fly out of FTY? I am currently receiving flight lessons there.

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Post by: eagl on July 22, 2002, 09:44:22 PM

Kevin:

http://www.thundermustang.com