Oprah-Umma-Umma-Oprah

[FlyingPieceOfSt]

Nothing too exciting...And I know I misspelled Uma!

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. Dec 27, 2005 — Oprah Winfrey's private jet was forced to return to the city airport after its windshield was cracked in a collision with a bird, officials said.
Winfrey and her boyfriend, Stedman Graham, were not hurt in the incident, which occurred around 12:30 p.m. Monday just after the GulfStream jet had taken off from Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, said Santa Barbara Fire Department spokesman John Ahlman.
"This is not a totally unusual thing," Ahlman said of the cracked windshield. "We see these things pretty frequently."



The plane will remain grounded until its windshield can be repaired, Ahlman said.

Winfrey bought a mansion on 42 acres of land in the hills of nearby Montecito five years ago. The host of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" has won several Emmys and other awards for her work on daytime television.

 

[AC560]

AP Updated: 11:34 a.m. ET Dec. 28, 2005

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Officials now say that it was wear and tear, and not a collision with a bird, that damaged the windshield of Oprah Winfrey’s private jet and forced it to return to the city airport.
“There was no bird involved, but the pilot did tell my captain that he felt it was a fatigue thing with the glass,” Battalion Chief John Ahlman, a Santa Barbara City Fire Department spokesman, said Tuesday.
Ahlman had earlier attributed the damage to a bird.

 

[temcgrew]

So, Ocra did not get hurt. I wonder why they thought she could be hurt, was she was sitting on the pilots lap? Were the pilots hurt? No one ever says....

 

[G4G5]

Rumor is that, she has a Global on order

 

[cforst513]

wonder what the QOL and pay for her pilots are...

 

[Jack Schitt]

wonder what the QOL and pay for her pilots are...

The QOL sucks. The pay is outstanding.

 

[cforst513]

that's what i figgered...

 

[bman]

The QOL sucks. The pay is outstanding.

How do you know Jack?

 

[SCT]

In 604 recurrent at FS, one instructer mentioned her pilots used to come thru the program. But they had a few inflight engine shutdowns w/ the GE engines (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they were having oil sump problems at altitude.).....and she said park the plane and bought a GulfStream.

 

[Valkyrie]

Harpo Inc N540W:
http://myaviation.net/?pid=00170367

 

[psysicx]

Someone earlier said that she buys cars for her pilots and they operate Thurs-Sun.

 

[Jack Schitt]

How do you know Jack?

.....'cause I know Jack Schitt

 

[Jack Schitt]

Someone earlier said that she buys cars for her pilots and they operate Thurs-Sun.

You can have the free car. Spending 45 out of 52 weekends a year in Santa Barbara is not my idea of fun.

 

[Computer Geek]

I believe Oprah will take delivery of the first Global XRS.

 

[HMR]

You can have the free car. Spending 45 out of 52 weekends a year in Santa Barbara is not my idea of fun.

Hmmm... Some of the best hiking, surfing, diving, sailing and cycling in the country; incredible scenery, amazing food, great people, great zoo, great nightlife, world-class museums...

So Jack, what exactly is your idea of fun?

 

[Jack Schitt]

Hmmm... Some of the best hiking, surfing, diving, sailing and cycling in the country; incredible scenery, amazing food, great people, great zoo, great nightlife, world-class museums...

So Jack, what exactly is your idea of fun?

That would be fun for about 3 months. Then it would get incredibly boring. I need more variety. Then again, I'm not from the Republic of California so I wouldn't miss it if it just fell off into the ocean. Maybe if I got to spend every weekend with your pal, Lead Sled, it would be more fun.

 

[psysicx]

Living there would be cool but way to expensive and very little jobs. Not just flying jobs everything. Doesn't she spend time at other places like Europe and South Africa?

 

[HawkerF/O]

In 604 recurrent at FS, one instructer mentioned her pilots used to come thru the program. But they had a few inflight engine shutdowns w/ the GE engines (Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they were having oil sump problems at altitude.).....and she said park the plane and bought a GulfStream.

You got some bad information. She never owned a 604. She owned a 601-3R, then got rid of it a few years ago and bought a G-IV. No engine problems out of either aircraft, just upgrades. She was in South Africa last year and Bombardier sent a GLEX over to give her a ride home. The G-IV followed in trail, though it probably had to stop if the GLEX when Non-Stop. That ride got Bombardier a deposit for a new Global for Harpo studios. Flying for her is Thur or Fri through Sun. She tapes during the week, so unless the aircraft is sent out to pick up a guest, the pilots (all black crew by the way thanks to Bill Cosby's suggestion) are home in Chicago during the week. The summers are spent in Europe with no set schedule. A few years ago, the pay was 80K for all the pilots, regardless of who did what. Expenses were never, and I mean NEVER questioned. Life on the road is good, but it is just that, life on the road, and during the summer, it's life on the road with no schedule, meaning your GSM phone could ring in a hour or in a month saying "Move your A##". How do I know all of this? A very good friend of mine flew for her for several years. The job (schedule) cost him his marraige, but that's on him.

 

[G4G5]

Does Bill Cosby still have his G4?

 

[Valkyrie]

http://media.hamptonroads.com/images/breaking/cosbystudentsbig.jpg

It was last year, I don't know if he still owns it.