I'm a New Hire!

[Timebuilder]

Funny you mentioned the fueling problems. I've been warned that line guys can tilt the plane, and about how embarassing it is for the pilot. One of our guys must have already had that experience...

I'm becoming acustomed to using the AI precisely. Keeping 4 degrees nose up in a steep turn at 250 knots really helps keep the chasing to a minimum. Doing airwork is a gas. It's almost a shame that I finished my basic training today. I'm on the call list now.

 

[TurboS7]

Let me know when you make captain and I'll send my wife's violin student up to be your FO. Timing should be about right. Ol' timer trick for fueling if you are in a hurry or need to pack a tank. You can put 150 gallons in one tip(have your FO sit on the other wing)then put 150 in the other tip. Next top the next tip keeping the FO on the wing. Put the cap on and open the crossfeed, crossfeed from the opposite tank till she overflows-crossfeed off and pump off, top the other tank. Taxi out with the engine of the packed wingtip side, start up the other engine when cleared into postion and hold. When you roll down the runway you will be at max fuel, great to have on the other end when you need it. If the FO lays out on the wing while being fuel ballest with a bikini on it helps the fueler's and captain's morale.

 

[Timebuilder]

Great! A little chamber music for the layovers.

And now the Symphony Number Three, Garrett No. 731, for Violin and pressurization valve...

 

[TurboS7]

But you need a little CJ610-6 noise for the standing ovation. Now I am going to tell on myself...I think enough time has passed. At our church we had two services one at 0800 and the other at 1030. I was singing in the choir and just at the end of the 0800 service my pager went off . It was an ambulance trip and I had to go in a hurry. The wind that day was out of the west so when I took off I got the standard clearance to a heading of 310 to 2000 feet. I turned to a heading of 310 and leveled off at 1000 feet and pulled the thrust back. Right in front of me on the perfect heading of 310 was the church. As luck just would have it just when we got close to the church we were cleared to 16000 feet. I stood the Lear 24 on its nose and poured the coals to it. My wife said later that the pastor was in the middle of the sermon for second service. The noise was so loud that he couldn't speak and everything in the church shook. When the noise finished he calmly said, and that is one of our members going out to do the Lord's work on the Lord day, then went on with his sermon. Everyone was laughing as they all knew who it was.

 

[FL000]

Turbo, great story.

Mine's similar, but not as holy. We would often get roused late at night to do harvest runs in the 25. We relished coming home around 5am since our dispatcher's house was on about a 7 mile final. We'd get a good coast going, then throw the coals to it for a couple of seconds right over his house. Good thing for us he took it in stride. It provided great satisfaction.

 

[TurboS7]

Hey at least he knew you were home. In Alaska we were flying for a fish canary(sp) at night or should I say in the twilight we would buzz the canary so they would send the truck up to pick us up. We lived on a little two story dorm and my wife would jump out on the porch to see us go by. One day I got a little carried away and she was looking down at my smiling face as I buzzed by. (Cessna 206)She claims I missed the building by less then ten feet, I said it was intentional. She said if I ever did that again that she was packing up and going home, even she called me an idiot. Oh well...fun while it lasted.

 

[Timebuilder]

Yesterday I learned that the runway 24 approach takes me very close to the home of racing legend Mario Andretti. Michael's home is near his dad's.

I understand Mario's Lockheed Jetstar is for sale. It lives in the hangar at our home base FBO. Four engines, big fuel pods under the wings. Gulp, gulp, gulp.

Yesterday, I started flying with someone besides the check airman. We got along well, which is good considering we had almost five hours of flight time. This is good.

 

[saabtrash]

Boy, is this still interesting?

 

[capt_zman]

No.

 

[Snakum]

Yes ... to many of us low-time wannabes it's VERY interesting.

Minh

Thanks for the blow-by-blow Timebuilder!

 

[saabtrash]

sorry

 

[Timebuilder]

I suppose we could debate the "thread worthiness" of my recent romance with the new airplane. Frankly, I hope this is the beginning of a long-term relationship. I've loved flying since I first looked up from my lawn and saw a formation of "flying box cars" on training missions out of Willow Grove NAS, so I doubt that I will become so jaded that I will dismiss the shared experiences of other aviators as they move from private pilot to jet pilot.

When I was twelve, I had to sit around for several hours at a fly-in breakfast to overhear pilots talking, so this is a far better venue for the sharing of experiences.

When I add the "captain" in front of my name, I hope that a thread like this will still be interesting. If not, I'll ask my friends to throw some dirt on me.

 

[capt_zman]

Glad your excited about your new airplane, but every reference to "In the lear...." is getting too painful to read. Sounds like you've been flying the thing for years, when in actuality, you have less time than a newly minted private pilot in a 152.

I truly am excited for you and wish you well in your career, but please spare me the news reel about Andretti's house. Who knows, you may be flying for a celebrity one day, are you going to give us the details about servicing the blue water? I'm sure some low-time wannabe's would be interested.

 

[Snakum]

Not interested? Don't click the link ... and we promise not to PM you the latest news.

Minh

(Who's living vicariously via T'Builder)

 

[capt_zman]

Aren't you suppose to be in night school now?

Go do something useful instead of dream of being an SIC.