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Topic: Licensed pilots among cS membership
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767FO
Member Posts: 269
From: Boca Raton, FL
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 01-15-2004 11:42 AM
   
I was wondering how many cS members are licensed pilots and what licenses they hold? |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-15-2004 12:27 PM
I got my private pilot license (BeneLux B) back in 1990 but stopped flying single-engine Moranes in 1994. Lack of time, getting married, kids... you know the story.  |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 01-15-2004 01:07 PM
I have a Private Pilot's License and fly a 1946 Globe Swift. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 01-15-2004 02:05 PM
Commercial, IFR, CFI
Licensed in 1991
Somewhere around 1,840 total time
1,100 instruction dual givenGot a bit burned out on instructing a few years ago, but getting back into it since I miss the cheaper flying. Warning: it's an addictive hobby! |
micropooz
Member Posts: 1512
From: Washington, DC, USA
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 01-15-2004 04:48 PM
Private VFR. Not current since '92. Like Philip, I ran into conflicting priorities. Favorite airplane was the Grumman Tiger. The bubble canopy made me feel like a WWII fighter pilot... |
turtlebac
Member Posts: 17
From: Rockville, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 01-15-2004 07:17 PM
1975 Private pilot ASEL. Also don't fly now that I have two young sons. |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-15-2004 07:22 PM
Can't stand those noisy engines myself - silent flight for me. Own and fly a 15 metre Schemp-Hirth Discus single seater glider. Gliding since '95.Wife doesn't agree - Commercial, CFI, multi rating etc. |
scout706
Member Posts: 166
From: Phoenix, AZ USA
Registered: May 2002
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posted 01-15-2004 09:40 PM
Commercial, ASEL, AMEL, CFI/II, MEI I want to be an airline pilot when I grow up. I have been a CFI since April and a licensed pilot since 2001. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 01-16-2004 04:16 AM
Sadly due to me spending all my spare money on space things, my flying activities have progressed no further than jumping off a small box while wildly flapping my arms.  However last year I did sustain a flight over over 4 feet! |
Above The Clouds
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posted 01-18-2004 06:11 PM
I have an ATPL and currently fly the B757 for a UK charter airline. |
Rodina
Member Posts: 836
From: Lafayette, CA
Registered: Oct 2001
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posted 01-19-2004 07:21 AM
I have my Private Pilot, although I haven't flown much since about 94. My brother, however, has arranged his life so he commutes in his Cessna 170, which is pretty cool. |
John Youskauskas
Member Posts: 126
From:
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-19-2004 02:33 PM
ATP, CFII, and A&P Mechanic...Jetstream 41 Captain recently downgraded to CRJ FO...Atlantic Coast Airlines (soon to be Independence Air). |
mdmyer
Member Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 08-23-2010 05:21 PM
On the 11th of August my daughter Miranda Myer turned 17. She also earned her private pilot rating on that day.  In 2009 we met Patty Wagstaff's crew chief, Chris R. Chris offered Miranda some lessons in his J-3 Piper Cub. The only problem was Chris lives in Georgia and we live in Kansas but there was no way we were going to miss out on this chance for Miranda to fly. Miranda totaled about 25 hours in the J-3 Piper Cub and an early 70s Decathlon. Even though the owners of the Cub did not have solo insurance they were going to solo her but a strong cross wind came up the last two days we were with them so the solo would have to wait. Miranda started flying lessons near our home in Southeast Kansas in mid March flying a Cherokee 140. She soloed on the 3rd of April. Her local instructor told us Miranda was ready for her Check Ride long before her birthday but we had to wait till she turned 17. A few weeks before her birthday she took the written test and she scored a 92 on it. Then she did a great job on her Check Ride. In the past year Miranda has flown the J-3 Piper Cub, the Decathlon, a Chinese built CJ-6, a Great Lakes bi-plane, in two different PT-17 Stearmans, two different Pitts bi-planes, a Cherokee 140,and a Tomahawk. One of the PT-17 Stearman pilots was former NASA astronaut Sam Gemar and the other Stearman pilot was incoming EAA President Rod Hightower. Miranda is a Junior at Humboldt High School and her dreams are of the Air Force Academy and then NASA. I hope she makes her dreams come true. |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-23-2010 05:53 PM
Many congratulations to Miranda - a fantastic achievement. I hope she enjoys many happy hours high in the sky. And in the future....perhaps Mars? |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 08-23-2010 06:01 PM
Congrats to Miranda! Great job. I saw my posting from 2004, I'm up to just about 2,200 hours now since that last posting.  Happy flying and keep the greasy side down - unless flying an aerobatic plane! |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 08-23-2010 06:14 PM
Congtulations to Miranda and you Mike! I look forward to her selection in the 2030 Astronaut Class. |
Kevmac
Member Posts: 267
From: College Station, TX
Registered: Apr 2003
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posted 08-23-2010 08:57 PM
Congrats to you both! That is exciting news! Does she have any interest in the Air Force Academy, or military flying? |
ea757grrl
Member Posts: 729
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-23-2010 09:20 PM
Congratulations, Miranda. Well done. |
mdmyer
Member Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 08-24-2010 06:37 AM
Her dream is to fly for the Air Force then to make it to NASA and to walk on the Moon. Big dreams but kids should dream big. I hope she makes it. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 08-24-2010 09:23 AM
Congrats... Go for it Miranda, You have the right age for it!!! |
bobzz
Member Posts: 100
From: Batavia, Illinois
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 08-24-2010 02:08 PM
Dream big Miranda!! I too earned my pilot's license at 17. Forty one years and 20,000 plus hours later I still criss cross the country as captain for a major US airline. |
Tad_N
Member Posts: 24
From: Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 08-24-2010 07:58 PM
Well done Miranda! Your path is being set! I to am a private pilot and am slowly building a Van's RV-7 |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 08-25-2010 06:23 AM
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Originally posted by mdmyer:
Her dream is to fly for the Air Force then to make it to NASA and to walk on the Moon.
Change that dream to Naval Aviator.  Congrats to her. Great job! |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-25-2010 10:07 PM
Mike, it's always great to hear about Miranda's outstanding experiences and achievements. Whatever she does in life, it's going to be impressive, I know. Congratulations! |
mdmyer
Member Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 08-26-2010 05:58 AM
Thanks everyone for your kind words and encouragement. Miranda and I have loved reading your replies. We flew together, just the two of us, for the first time last night. It was neat and I hope we can do it more often. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 08-26-2010 04:04 PM
I shared this thread with Dee O'Hara, and she asked me to add the following from her:"What thrilling news!! My, our little girl has grown up and is a real beauty. She is such a sweet girl and think it is wonderful that her Dad provides her with so many opportunities to succeed. My congratulations and best of luck! I know Mike has to be proud as a peacock! Really great news." |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 08-28-2010 03:30 AM
Miranda is the face of the future of aviation. She has the enthusiasm and the natural ability to go anywhere she wants and I hope she goes as far as she wants to. Congratulations on getting her PPL. She's already flown more aircraft then many pilots ever do.As for me, I have been a licensed pilot since November 2004 with just a single engine land rating. I owned my own airplane from 2005 to 2007, but had to sell it when I lost my full time job. Since then I haven't been back in the cockpit. But it will happen one day as I miss it. I first flew in 1991, but never finished up back then (although I did solo). What got me back into the pit was a PT-17 Stearman flight near KSC in the spring of 2004. At that point I forgot how much I missed it and didn't look back. |
capoetc
Member Posts: 2169
From: McKinney TX (USA)
Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 08-28-2010 09:09 AM
Congratulations, Miranda! Getting your private pilot license is a major milestone on your way to your destination ... now, you have the confidence of knowing that you CAN do it, and there is nothing that can stand in your way.I enjoyed meeting you at KSC in 2007, and I look forward to continuing to see updates from your Dad regarding your progress. On the topic of this thread, I was a career Air Force pilot, now flying B-737s for AirTran Airways. ------------------
John Capobianco
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Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 09-05-2010 03:43 PM
I'm one of them. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 09-05-2010 06:27 PM
Congratulations Miranda! I'm an Airline Transport Pilot with several type ratings, as well as a Certified Flight Instructor (Airplane, Instrument and Multi-engine). |
mdmyer
Member Posts: 900
From: Humboldt KS USA
Registered: Dec 2003
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posted 09-10-2010 06:46 AM
Thanks everyone for your kind words and support. And Francis, please pass along our thanks to Dee for her support and kindness show to us. I will keep everyone updated as Miranda works her way through her goals in life. Mike Myer
Humboldt, KS |
bcrussell
Member Posts: 73
From: Madison, AL. USA
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 09-11-2010 08:36 PM
ATP, sea, 9000 hr.+
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MadSci
Member Posts: 226
From: Maryland, USA
Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 09-20-2010 03:34 AM
Private Pilot: Land, Multi-Engine, Complex, High Power |
moorouge
Member Posts: 2454
From: U.K.
Registered: Jul 2009
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posted 10-08-2010 12:43 PM
I've mailed a couple of pilots on cS but thought the rest of you might enjoy 'What goes up might come down'. This is a talk given by an UK air traffic controller named David Gunson. His talk can be listened to here. It is very funny and, as a mere passenger, it's almost enough to put me off. |
flybywire
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posted 10-11-2010 06:56 PM
Hello everyone. I am in the airline industry, now 32 years and flying in the left seat of the 744/for the last 9 years. A very good friend Mr. Nichols has asked me to post this photo of an aircraft that I built. It is a Pile Emeraude with a Cont. O-200 engine. |
thracer
New Member Posts: 9
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Jun 2009
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posted 10-15-2010 04:05 PM
Private Pilot here. |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 455
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-24-2010 06:47 PM
Commercial pilot (single and multi engine), flight and ground instructor - and am an Aviation World Record Holder... |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 10-25-2010 04:26 PM
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Commercial pilot (single and multi engine), flight and ground instructor - and am an Aviation World Record Holder...
What record do you hold? I read that there are a lot of records that people can set. Nothing really famous, but you can claim that record for yourself! |
cfreeze79
Member Posts: 455
From: Herndon, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-19-2010 10:33 PM
Speed over a Designated Course - Mojave, CA, to Oakland, CA. Flew covers (postmarked at both ends, of course) and other items. Definitely makes for a nice resume bullet! |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 11-22-2010 03:31 PM
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Originally posted by cfreeze79:
Speed over a Designated Course - Mojave, CA, to Oakland, CA. Flew covers (postmarked at both ends, of course) and other items. Definitely makes for a nice resume bullet!
Nice! I need to find one in Washington to get my name on. I read a book recently "Never Land" I think it was, about a guy that was setting an aviation speed record in a Cessna 150. Not super fast of course, but he was the only person yet to do it, so he got the record! |
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