Originally Posted by iwrock

Bot, are you a pilot?

Originally Posted by Dee8go

Braggart!

Originally Posted by WVOtoGO

Hey now..... They asked.

I'm hope'n you're just pull'n my chain here...

Either way. My career in aviation is not unlike someone being born into a family that operates one of the most popular exotic automobile sales and service facilities around.

I'd imagine you could ask those kids what types of awesome exotic cars they've had the opportunity to "play with"... Same thing.

My family is into aviation like a lot of you guys are hard core Mercedes enthusiasts. I’ve seen some sig lists posting the fleets of Mercedes some here own. Are they braggarts? Or, is it just what they've had a passion for most all of their lives?

Originally Posted by WVOtoGO

I’m not going to pull out every Cessna, Piper, Mooney, etc. bug smasher I’ve flown, nor any helicopters or sailplanes. But, here’s a quick list off the top of my head (With some memory aide of family and friends here that I’ve flown with for a couple of decades.) of some of the more interesting aircraft I’ve flown, that most folks don’t often get the opportunity to.

I Count my blessing every day that I have had the opportunity to be a part of an awesome industry. One that is actually quite small. Where fellow aviators treat you as a friend. One where you can make lots of friends. I rarely if ever said no when any offer was made to either ride along in the cockpit, or solo anyone’s aircraft. Going to ERAU opened many of these doors to me as well. I worked for both Evergreen International and Boeing. Those two opened a lot of doors !!
Aviation isn’t necessarily a “What you know” industry as much as a “Who you know.” Never burn a bridge. Always jump at any opportunity to leave the ground.

Me:
Airline Transport Pilot.
Airplane Multiengine Land and Sea.
Rotorcraft. (Comm Privileges)
Glider. (Comm Privileges)
ME-CFII.
Mechanic - Airframe.
Mechanic - Powerplant.
Inspection Authorization (A&P/IA)

AS Aviation Maintenance Technology - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
BS Aerospace Engineering - Texas A& M University (Never used it.).
BS Aviation Maintenance Management - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
AS Aviation Business Administration - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University.
MBA - Texas Christian University (TCU – NSB).
MBA(Aviation Management) - Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, DBC online.

Two Caterpillar Club pins. (Not a fun accievment.)


Some of the Vintage (50s-60s):
Beech 18
Lockheed 18 Loadstar
DC-3
DC-6/7
L-0149 Connie
P-3
CV-2B
DHC-2
DHC-3
DHC-4
DHC-6

Most of the Warbirds (WWII):
PT-17
PT-22
BT-9
BT-13
T-6
P-51D TF/H
CV-F4U
F-6F
B-24
B-25
A-26

Some more Warbirds (Other):
Sopwith F1 Camel Replica (never again)
L-4
L-5
L-16
L-17
L-19/O-1
OV-1
T-41
T-28
T-33
T34 A/B/C
SF-260
Grumman S-2
HU-16 L&S
C-123
P2V
141 Gnat
BAC T5 A
EE Canberra Mk2
Rockwell T2
Aero L-39

Others perhaps worth mentioning:

Part 121 Ratings (Big Boys)–
DC8
DC9
L1011
B707
B727
B737
B757
B767

Part 91/135 (Corporates)
Citation (CJ1-4, E & XLS)
Citation X
C-675 (& Amphibian)
PC-6
PC-12
Lear Jet (35/45/55/60)
Beech 400A
Gulfstreem (350-550)
B/C Challenger 300 / 600

I'm sure I probably left a few cool ones out, but oh well. Short notice list.

Originally Posted by iwrock

Hehehe, one day I want to fly a P-51 in any variation.



Thats on the bucket list.

Originally Posted by Botnst

Looks good, but there's a really cool looking airplane that seems a glaring omission -- have you not flown a Spitfire?

DJ has.

B

Originally Posted by WVOtoGO

Now that’s really funny right there.

Bot… my ex-friend. You su-k !!

Something stinks here, and I think I know whose hands to smell first.

Shelby didn’t come over for breakfast this morning as usual, and I now think I know why.

I know DJ wasn’t on here last night, and Shelby had the hangar. This just reeks of her sense of “humor”. And that wench knows this is a real sore-spot issue here, too.

Not quite sure how. But I’m thinking you two planned this one.

That girl so much as grins when I talk to her, and she’ll be applying for her first Caterpillar pin before she even knows what happened.

Heading out of town this morning… The wrath of HELL, when I return.

Originally Posted by WVOtoGO

Now that’s really funny right there.

Bot… my ex-friend. You su-k !!

Something stinks here, and I think I know whose hands to smell first.

Shelby didn’t come over for breakfast this morning as usual, and I now think I know why.

I know DJ wasn’t on here last night, and Shelby had the hangar. This just reeks of her sense of “humor”. And that wench knows this is a real sore-spot issue here, too.

Not quite sure how. But I’m thinking you two planned this one.

That girl so much as grins when I talk to her, and she’ll be applying for her first Caterpillar pin before she even knows what happened.

Heading out of town this morning… The wrath of HELL, when I return.