Avbug…
I’ve read you response, and then I bit my tongue, thought a bit and said what the hell…
I’ve noticed that here, you and one or two other posters love to point out stuff, factual or non-factual for the absolute sake of opening an argument.
Personally I think you are a sour, old a$$hole...
Oh yea… one more thing.
We had a little saying amongst the runner and slurry pilots.
“From heave to the gates of Hell… in three minutes.”
The time it took us on average to hook up, start the run and hit the smoke. On larger fires we were working an average of one tanker every 12 minutes.
A...
...days, especially the hours after RTB, clean up and de briefing. We’d all camp out in the hanger, grilling burgers and dogs, sucking down brews just **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** happy to be alive.
And exactly why did we do it? That’s simple, because we could.:cool...
Preach it to me BigD!!!:D
I'm with ya on the Citation X, the only one I found looks like somebody took a boat paddle to its nose and beat hell out of it.
Also, I have no clue why anyone has yet to do a really awesome G-V or Global Express, you would think that would attract someone... heck I...
They're Coming!": Wussy Terrorists VS. The Heroes Of Flight 93
'They're coming'
Alan W. Dowd
Published 4/2/2002
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"Let's roll." By now, Todd Beamer's two-word battle cry is as much a part of our national...
...about as rare as honest politicians these days.
You can find sites that describe the proper working order for every nut, bolt, and rivet of every **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** 747 Boeing ever thought about producing, technical info right down to the proper book procedures...
Thanks for the fax number…
I’ve gotta six day trip coming up. Guess I’ll load up on nasty letters, berating his absolutely stupid and way over the top want ad and seek out as many public fax machines and Kinko’s I can find… make up a bunch of different names, make him think folks from all over...
Hell man!!!
I vote for the real stuff! Have yourself about a six, bean burrito night at zeeks one stop slop shop complete with double order of Chile cheese fry’s. Toss in a pad of Exlax when ya get home for good measure. Find you a pair of cotton white Hanes, wait till mother nature has called...
It's gonna vary from one part of the USA to the next, but according to the 2001/02 Salary study...
Beechjet 400 SIC, start out around $30,000 to $35,000
High pay would be $45,000 to $50,000, low pay $25,000...
Never flew a Beechjet, but I flew a CE-560 and starting pay on that piece of...
Boy says he got sick after airport guard made him drink water he carried for school project...
Stop the world fellas… I wanna get off….
Boy Blames Air Security Orders
Sat Apr 6, 2:43 PM ET
ASPEN, Colo. - A 14-year-old boy believes he got sick because airport security personnel made him...
I am not at all against someone being handed a break or taking advantage of a personal contact that gives the a foot up in their chosen industry. But there are some professions that require and mandate a level of hands on experience that cannot come with the mere passing of a license from the...
About those resumes on findapilot.com…
Just perusing the list and clicked on one, some gent from the Peoples Republic of Kalifornia and looked his resume over.
Now here’s what I saw.
1930 Hrs total time… okay…
1250 Hrs G-II time… Hmmm…
440 Hrs Lear time… Uhhhh…
Now, I ain’t no rocket...
Asteroid To Hit Earth in 878 Years :D
Newsday | 4/4/02 | Paul Recer
WASHINGTON -- A new look at an asteroid orbiting the sun shows it could possibly smash into the Earth with the explosive force of millions of tons of TNT. But experts say the potential impact is still 878 years away, time...
Avbug your story reminded me of a story I read in Flying years back.
Some poor soul flying freight in a 206 or 207 which ever on has the big back double door looking thingies. Twr clears him when able turn on course…
He powers up, roars off into the wild blue and begins his turn about mid...
This is no joke fellas…
When I was just getting started with ink still was dripping from my Temporary CMEL
I worked for a local big chain department store on Saturdays and Sundays, they paid me$50.00 per day to put on a Winnie-The-Pooh suit and greet children at the door.:o
Upside was the...
BigD,
That reminded me…
If you want to see some truly extraordinary landings, punishment of earth-shattering magnitude upon man, machine and asphalt just go and check out the day’s activities at any Naval Air Station when the carrier jockeys are flocking home planting Goodyear to terra firma...
Well, of course I’ve never botched a landing, but that’s beside the point…:D
I will tell ya about a DC-8 we saw land at LAX a couple years back one evening.
We had been standing around at general aviation near the south pad waiting on our trip to show and this straight 8 comes roaring in for...
It seems to me the airlines recognize that they are in trouble.
They were before 9/11 and they are in “worse” shape after 9/11. Pilots have been war-hooping about the security issue for as long as I can remember and the fatigue issue is nothing new. I remember a Delta Captain who aborted an...
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