Miami Valley Aviation + Saber Cargo

[Joe Pilot]

Hey DiscoDuck,

I completely agree with you. I flew for Saber for a couple of years and that is the most fun and most memorable job I have ever had. The pilots I flew with are a great bunch of people and what made it great was the ride-a-long program Richie had. It was a great way to weed out the guys that wouldn't fit in because their pants might get dirty or they thought it was not safe flying aircraft that where 60 years old.
I learned so much from that job and I also find myself wishing that I was back doing it again. I loved the DC-3 and had a great time with eveyone who worked there. Some people just are not cut out for that kind of flying.
It was a modern day operation run like it was back in the 1940's.

 

[Huck]

One day a CFI was giving dual in a Cub off a grass strip. He looked up and saw a Bonanza at 3500' and said, "Man it would be cool to be flying that!"

At the same time, the Bonanza pilot was looking up at a C-310 at 7000' and said, "Man it would be cool to be flying that!"

At the same time, the C-310 pilot was looking up at a King Aire at FL250 and said, "Man it would be cool to be flying that!"

At the same time, the King Aire pilot was looking up at a Gulfstream at FL510 and said, "Man it would be cool to be flying that!"

At the same time, the Gulfstream pilot was looking up at the Space Shuttle in orbit and said, "Man it would be cool to be flying that!"

At that precise instant, the Space Shuttle astronaut was staring through binoculars at a Cub on a grass strip and saying....

 

[Xfr8dog]

Those are some badass binoculars! I gotta get me some of those!

Rockin Ronnie Hands of Stone Garvin was indeed a pilot. I flew with him. Probably the most fun I've ever had in an airplane. I'll still give him a call once every few years.

 

[MDAutry]

DC-3 flying is probably as fun as pulling banners but what is the pay?

 

[Joe Pilot]

DC-3 flying is probably as fun as pulling banners but what is the pay?

When I was there in the mid to late 90's, I was making around 60-70K a year. It was a good couple of years and there might have been a few FARs broken in respect to time and duty. But hey that is the way it was and the only way to make some money, get time and experience. It is too bad the owner ran the place into the ground.