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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Dennis Saydak on December 19, 2011, 07:12:00 PM
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Out of curiosity, how many forum members hold some sort of full scale pilot license?
Count me in with a Private Pilot license.
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I'm not quite at my private license at 37 hours. But close! I have been playing with some aerobatic stuff lately. The pic attached is from my latest flight.
David
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Commercial, ground instructor, CFII, multi-engine, ag certificate. However, lost the medical a very long time ago with a minor heart problem. Miss the flying? HA! You betcha boots!
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Built a Rans S-7 ten years ago soloed when 16.
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Started flying CL age 10 or 11. Went to college for Aero Engineering, got disenchanted when it was all math and nothing about airplanes. Switched to aviation maintenance ciriculum, got my A&P cert and Private ticket, later picked up my Inspection Authorization and hi-performance endorsement. Left the A&P business 20 years ago next month to manage Mike's Hobby Shop. It's in the blood...
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I hold a private pilot license and own a homebuilt Pietenpol Aircamper that I built.
Joshua
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Well, let's see:
For openers, ATPs (some active; others retired), David Fitzgerald, Ted Fancher, Rene Berger, Al Rabe, Todd Lee, Dale Gleason, Thom Ryan, Bruce Shipp ....
There are others, to be sure.
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Sold my Cherokee 150 to get my business started.
I don't miss the annual. Anyway, my Vector corners better.
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Out of curiosity, how many forum members hold some sort of full scale pilot license?
Count me in with a Private Pilot license.
Actually I fly model airplanes and did, and I still like CL, RC and would love FF again but when one gets old it just seems that time runs faster than I can. Wherever time goes to I know not, but there must be a lot of time there whever it all goes to. %^@
Like many people on this forum I have a 1:1 scale background. 13 years with USAF and 28 with UAL. That ended on Jan. 31 1996. Seems like yesterday. I was building models of a recognizable form when I was 5. No, not Flyable Form, just looked something like an airplane. n~
Thanks much to that MAN in the sky as he allowed for me to stay employed and have monies to buy toy airplane stuff for all these years and still can. What a wonderfull life it has been with model airplanes!!!!!
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"High Time" Private Pilot (1966) AP/IA
Norm
This is one of my "current rides." I've had her ("Miss Abby") for twelve years.
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16 years RAAF, 12 (and counting) with Qantas.
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Commercial, Instrument, CFI - Fixed Wing and Rotor wing. Still like wings that go round n' round. ;D
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Private pilot for 31 years
R :-)
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Commercial & single & multi engine. No longer actively flying full scale. Add Roy Thranthum to your list and also Toby Accernio. I have a feeling there are many more pilots in our sport than you may think.
Chuck
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I believe that Winfred hung an Aircoupe from some trees once....
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Commercial, multi, instruments and sailplane tickets. The scary part was
I worked as an approach controller at LAX which kept me on my toes
while I was flying as I couldn't control myself!!!!..RJ
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Private rating back in 1977.
Later added commercial, inst, and multi ratings.
Sometime around 1985 got into gliders, the most fun of all. Had my own single place for several years. When glider club folded, thats when I got back into c/l.
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Commercial, Multi, Instrument, Flight instructor. Also have an A&P.
I have flying Stunt since about 1957 My first AMA license is from 1957, and I have all of them saved in baseball inserts in a binder.
I have found that two things are common among many stunt people. 1) Pilots license, 2) Music. Fanches sings and plays piano, I have played Jazz piano all my life, Hunt-Guitar: Werwage-Guitar; Gleason-Banjo, Gene Shaefer-Guitar; Casale-Sax; Tom Morris-guitar. And there are many more.
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Private pilot since 1978. Also have some time in an H-21C.
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Private Pilot for almost 30 years, have not flown full scale for at least 10. Spend way to much time on Southwest, and Delta these days.
Would love to build an experimental.......but the older I get......the more I am just happy flying CL and RC.
Tim
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Took my first flying lesson in 1966, from Mary Anne Lippit, quite a gal and a fine aviator. Learned to fly on a Luscombe 8F.
I have two commercial ratings, One of them is commercial seaplane. For a time I was chief pilot for an outfit in FL back in the late 80's and early 90's. Bush hopping the islands and FL coast.
Last airplane I owned was a Lake LA4-200T. Haven't been in the left seat since 92.
And I don't miss it one bit.
CB
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//SNIP//
. Haven't been in the left seat since 92.
And I don't miss it one bit.
CB
Good for YOU. I haven't been in the left seat since January 31st, 1996. I don't miss the flying, however I do miss those 12-14,000.oo $$ a month pay checks. OH YES, BABY, I DO!! y1
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Good for YOU. I haven't been in the left seat since January 31st, 1996. I don't miss the flying, however I do miss those 12-14,000.oo $$ a month pay checks. OH YES, BABY, I DO!! y1
Yes, In some areas of GA the money is good!
CB
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Well as a kid I dreamed of flying and tried to get on at the local airport helping clean planes, hangers and the airport. Lived too far out to ride the bicycle and the parents couldn't drive me everyday. So that went down the tubes. So I stayed with model planes, starting with the gliders(A-J Aircraft), stick and tissues and finally CL. Even when I got older it seems I could never get enough together to take lessons. Then a friend of mine said I was going along with him for a check ride as he was planning on taking lessons. My very first flight in a real plane, Cessna Cardinal. I rode back seat with friends wife. I decided then that if the good Lord had wanted me to fly he would have made a way. So I let the other guy do the piloting while I enjoy the scenery. Yes there have been times I kind of wished I was up front driving the big plane, but then I think of all the passingers and other stuff. D>K
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Add Chris McMillin to Mike Keville's list. He can fill you in on the details, but he's been a TWA/American Flight Engineer/First Officer?and Captain as long as I have know him and logged a lot of hours in many different ships. I got a ride in a Navy N3N with him once out of Parks Bi-State Airport one 4th of July weekend, that was pretty cool.
My kid has ratings and many hours racked up operating Army Shadow UAVs, and is currently in training for the Grey Eagle (Army's version of the Predator), does that count? It may not be seat of the pants in the cockpit flying, but it's earning a living in aviation, and he has to operate under all the same rules and regulations as other pilots.
The Name Jerry Flougher may ring a bell with some of you. He designed and published a Classic legal stunt model called "The Midas" and campaigned in the stunt wars back in the 60's and 70's. He is/was a corporate pilot for ADM and volunteers to fly the EAA's Ford Trimotor, and I believe he owns a Waco biplane, just can't remember which model.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!! H^^ H^^ H^^
Dan McEntee
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I was wondering if anybody would bring up the music thing. How many of us are musicians? I've been playing bass for so long I should be much better. If I had a dollar for every time I played "Brown Eyed Girl" or "Sweet Home Alabama"...
Wait a minute, I do! ;D
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On the music side, been playing guitar since 1954, my present profession is building custom guitars and basses. started in 2001.
www.crossovercustomguitars.com
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I play Banjo because everyone leaves the room.
CB
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Commercial pilot, single and multi-engine land, instrument rated. I've never flown for pay, however. Wish I could find the time (and $$) to fly more!
Gary
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A&P private pilot since 1971 and worked on small private planes for 12 years. I also plaid the accordion since I was 9years old. Started flying models when I was nine also. But now I just play the radiol #^ LL~
Gordy
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Commercial, instrument, multi-engine. Never had the opportunity to use the advanced ratings. After many years of on-again off-again flying I now own and fly a 1941 Aeronca Defender 65TAC. Continental C-85 aboard. Great fun! Last fall I had the pleasure of flying it from Nampa, ID to Windsor, CO where I now live. Three days "on the road". A great adventure.
Like Zuriel I also have a little H-21 stick time. What a shaker!
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Private SEL issued in 1963. Instrument license about 1975. I've owned and restored several planes. My favorite was the Focke-Wulf 44J biplane.
Floyd
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Dick Carville used to own a Cherokee in the 80's. hasn't flown in years.
I got my ticket in '98. I've been flying a quiet a bit lately. My interest in CL was the result of really wanting to flying but not being able to.
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Commercial, instrument, multi-engine turbojet.
Owned a Cessna Aerobat, flew the C-47 and KC-135.
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Jill & I have a 1957 Cessna 180 and currently live on Crest Airpark
just south of Seattle.
I have built a Skybolt and a Christen Eagle.
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Working pilot last 30 years. Pretty burnt out....much prefer to fly C/L.
Rod, you must remember Jim Perry? A true pirate. I used to fly his Porters in Canada
MLAF (Martha Lake Air Force)
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Thats not how you should wash a DeHavilland of Canada Caribou!
Clancy
P.S. Soloed a Tripacer.
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Learned to fly in a 1943 Taylorcraft L2-M I restored from ground up 1971-1977. Eventually rated in about 17 SEL. Nearly all time is in tailwheel airplanes. Pursued aerobatics in Citabria, then Decathalon, then Pitts S2B. Most recent ride is a Bonanza for covering ground in a hurry. Working slowly on float rating (not in the Bonanza). Play a lousy guitar. Built models since about 1957.
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multi instrument. Have owned a number of planes but favorite was the '46 ercoupe I restored a few years back and EAA assigned to the classic parking area one year at OSH. Very fun!
bob branch
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Ouch! How could I possibly have omitted Chris McMillin's name from my list of ATPs? (See? Told ya' there were more.) Sorry, Chris.....I'm getting old.
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Got my GLIDER ticket at Schweizer aircraft in Horseheads,Elmira, NY in 1957. Became good friends with Ernest Schweizer and flew the SGS 2-25 #^ only one built and in 1960 flew the SGS 2-32 y1 in world distance trial. Placed 25th out of300 entries.
Ed
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I am Glider Pilot. Flew most of my hours in New Castle, VA in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Got about 250 hours. Planing to build an RV-8 or RV-7...tough decision as I love aerobatics and X.C.
After I got addicted to CLPA competition I stop flying.
Martin
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ATP with 10 type ratings, FETJ, Glider.
USAF T-38 instructor pilot 5 years
Braniff FE (until the bankruptcy, met Al Rabe in the crew room once, never flew together, qualified his son at the B-727 FE panel)
Government corporate pilot and test pilot on multiple classified programs
Now retired, but continue to instruct all models of the B-737
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Got my private ticket in September 1971 & my commercial a few years later. Bought my first airplane just before I got my private – a 1969 Champion Citabria and proceeded to take acro lessons at Art Scholl School of Aerobatics at Flabob Airport in Riverside, CA at the time.
Built a Steen Skybolt from plans (no kit parts or other ARF stuff doing all the welding, woodwork, covering, & painting myself) with an IO-540 260 hp Lycoming. Flew the Skybolt for ten years having a bunch of fun doing aerobatics, for competition & just for fun.
Flew as right wing (#3) for a three airplane formation aerobatic airshow team flying a Siai Marchetti with a highly modified IO-540 Lycoming rated on Monty Barrett’s dyno at 355 hp. The Marchetti originally came with a Lycoming IO-540 260 hp and we were doing some high-altitude airshows such as Aspen, Colorado in the summertime and Puebla, Mexico in the late summer with a field elevation at 7,600 ft. msl so the extra hp really helped. Flew airshows all over the US, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and offshore to Bermuda. The team averaged about 25 to 30 airshows a year, with most airshows being two or three days, and a couple having four days like the Reno air races.
I’m still flying full-scale now, just a little less than I did when flying airshows for a living.
Built my first model when I was 9 years old, a Comet rubber-powered model (actually built several of those). Then some ½ A models, a Phantom .30 powered C/L Goldberg design called the “Trainee” followed by a Veco Squaw, then a Chief, Thunderbirds, and then I began building Ed Southwick’s designs beginning with a Lark followed by his Skylarks.
I play classical guitar, classical music is about all I play...have played for weddings, parties, etc. Bob Whitely forgot to mention that he plays a pretty mean guitar himself. He & Jim Armour used to get together as Jim was pretty good on guitar as well.
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I have a Pilot Certificate and fly LSA Jabiru's here in Australia. My grand kids are amazed that an old guy could learn to fly at 63 years of age. I have been flying C/L since 1960'ish........John.
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Private Pilot SEL 1982, Instrument rated 1986. Have a 1985 C-182R that I bought new. Been grounded for a year with A-fib and hope to get medical in a few months.
Built Comet stick and tissue rubber powered and Strombecker solids at age 7. Flew Sinbad glider at 10 and a C/L Puddle Jumper with Spitzy at 11. Back in the 1950's and 60's we mainly flew combat and rat race and when we wanted to relax we pulled out the Ringmaster for sport. Also flew FF up until 1978. When I came back to C/L, I found out that "precision" stunt is vastly different from instant combat maneuvers. The old inner ear won't take the combat or rat race anymore and I can't find a place to fly FF. Dropped out from 1978 to 2008. Now I plan to be in C/L for the balance of any time the Lord allows me.
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Hi all,
Although not really qualified to answer this post I've spent a lot of time as a passenger in C130's, Caribou's, UH-2's and Blackhawks during my stint as an infantry digger (section machine gunner) after I left school.
Started building rubber powered scale models when I was about ten and moved into c/l after inheriting a couple of 2.5cc diesels from my dad when I was around 12, was totally hooked when I saw a 3d isometric drawing of Bob Palmers mk 2 T-bird shortly after.
Took up guitar lessons around 14 and have worked on it daily ever since. My big passion in music is vintage electric guitar tones, 50's through 70's rock and blues stuff. :)
I'm currently using a les paul / telecaster through a home built hybrid tube amp. 1 channel is fender 4-10 bassman, the other marshall plexi.
Cheers, Rob..
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I know three in our club are current and one is commercial. Two more are not current. Which gives us 5 in a club of 35 members.
Wayne
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Count me in. Private Pilot with instrument rating earned 34 years ago. I miss my Cessna Skyhawk of yesteryear. Best trip. Boston to Oshkosh.
Linheart
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I didn't see Alex Givan name on the list. He is on here and a MCLS club member. Piliot for Tony Stewart NASCAR team. Also USMC ~^
Ed
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Took ground school while still in high school, soloed in 1973. Flying around in a Cessna 150 building up hours for my Private's and the thought occurred to me "this isn't nearly as much fun as flying my toy airplanes..."
Landed, walked away, and never put up another solo hour.
I think if there were a glider port nearby I might try that.
Might.
Scott
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Mike, I was going to add some others to your list that I know, but most have chimned in except, Joe Bowman, corporate pilot and very good Expert flier.
Doug
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Were Todd Lee, Ron King, and Tom McClain included on your list?
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ATP, 4 Type Ratings, Commercial, single engine land and sea, Certified Flight Instructer, instrument and multi-engine.
Currently I'm a struggling Corporate pilot, slowly working on restoring my 1946 Aeronca Champ.
I soloed in 1970 when I was 16, flying Cessna 150's.
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee225/jamesgevay/scan0004.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee225/jamesgevay/champweb2-1.jpg)
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I never finished my private was almost done when 9/11 happened and I live right on the edge of the EWR TCA (Newark Terminal Control Area) they take their airspace management very seriously and I just didn't find it fun anymore, I couldn' t afford it anymore anyway with 1 little one and 1 in the oven, Still have 1949 Piper Clipper project in the barn but am going to sell it, unfortunately in this economy I am better off scrapping the airframe and selling the engine seperately . I might get my sport pilot ticket eventually just so I have something to show for my efforts. If I were to do it again I would have built an ultra light. T.J.
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Hi Ed, I was in Elmira at Harris Field over the summer watching the glider action. How did you like flying out of there?
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ATP, 4 Type Ratings, Commercial, single engine land and sea, Certified Flight Instructer, instrument and multi-engine.
Currently I'm a struggling Corporate pilot, slowly working on restoring my 1946 Aeronca Champ.
I soloed in 1970 when I was 16, flying Cessna 150's.
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee225/jamesgevay/scan0004.jpg)
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee225/jamesgevay/champweb2-1.jpg)
Jim, the pictures of the plane reminded me of when we flew at the Basehor KANSAS airpark for a while. A grass runway with some metal buildings for the planes. Don Mayberry would come pull his plane out of the shed. Do the walk around. Then fire it up and do touch and goes for about a dozen times. I don't think he ever went cross country with it. His plane looked almost identical to yours. H^^
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Hi Ed, I was in Elmira at Harris Field over the summer watching the glider action. How did you like flying out of there?
Michael I was in high school in 1957 and several other students and I were taken from Binghamton once a week to take lessons at Schweizer at the Elmira Corning airport . They all gave up,I was the only one who finished the lessons. I never flew from Harris Hill. Schweizer paid for all my tows out of the Elmira Regional airport. I was heavy in to FF then and I had a much better feeling for gliders flying and finding lift than the average student. Not many young people were interested in gliders and that opened up several opportunities to do test work for Schweizer. My last tow there was in 1970. I visited Harris hill about 10 years ago and there is a lot there now. In the 50's there was nothing there except the sled for launching gliders.
Ed
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Hi Ed, Thanks for your experiences with gliding in Elmira. I was coming home from a contest and stopped off there. I wasn't sure how I would react to the flight and still had a few hours car drive from there. I definitely want to try a glider flight out of there in the future. It looks like a great place to fly a glider. H^^
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Working pilot last 30 years. Pretty burnt out....much prefer to fly C/L.
Rod, you must remember Jim Perry? A true pirate. I used to fly his Porters in Canada
MLAF (Martha Lake Air Force)
Hi Greg,
Jimmy is an old and current friend of mine.A true pirate indeed!!
Rod
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I wanted to be a rock and roll singer and my parents hated the music business. I performed as a singer from childhood up until my college years. When I turned 21, in school with a new wife and baby, I followed dad's advice and continued as a professional pilot and ended up at TWA and American eventually. It has been fun and I still love flying little airplanes and big ones. I have flown a lot of neat airplanes, my parents had a flight school and antique airplanes so I soloed in 1974 on my 16th birthday in one of our Aeronca's and our family Staggerwing, then flew corporate in little airplanes like Bonanza's, Skylane's and the like, freighters like the Twin Beech and DC-3, the Shorts 360 for a small airline and then the L-1011, 727, 757, 767, and DC-9 series for TWA and the MD-80 for American. I also got to fly warbirds for a few people, B-25, T-6, PT-17, and gave rides in Staggerwing, N3N, Bushmaster 2000, and then did aerobatic competition and air racing in Pitts Special's I had, one was a 160 hp and the last one 180 horse.
I have an ATP, Commercial SEL, CFI-A, and a type rating in the DC-9, SD-3, BU-2000, 757, 767.
I like FF, CL and RC, currently flying RC Pattern and Scale mainly. I'm trying for an Old Time and Classic VSC appearance in 2012.
Chris...
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Well, a lot of us certainly have much in common interest-wise. Here's a couple of projects I started after I retired back in 2006.
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At first read I was epecting someone to wonder what exactly were full scale pilots. And maybe a snub about people whom are vertically challenged.
I am not a pilot but I do hold an A&P license which allows me to work on full scale aircraft. Though I have been retired since 1994 due to injury.
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Got my private license as a millenium project. Bought a 1950 Cessna 170A in 2003 and have been fixing/tinkering/improving it ever since. My Dad and I work on it together and have made some major improvements, recently we stripped the interior and rewired the whole plane along with a new headliner.
I have time in a C-180 and several Citabrias. I have 100% tail wheel time. The airplane has a nice heated hangar and a friend with a Luscombe shares it with me.
I started back with CL in 1992, I wasn't pattern capable until early 93 and attended my first contest at the NW regionals the same year. I placed 3rd in intermediate on the 17th pattern ever.
I love both pastimes tremendously. I was meant to be around airplanes! H^^
Merry Christmas to all
Bruce
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I currently have 40 minutes of flying time in full size airplanes. With my eventual goal to be an airline pilot, I'll be getting a lot more hours in!
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Started flying in 1966 w/ a ride in a J3. Licensed in 1973 w/private ticket and same year bought a Stinson 108-3 that I kept for a short time . Accumulated 8oo+hrs and for some reason unbeknownst to me walked away from it in 1987 after my last bi-annual rfview. Have'nt been in a light plane since.