Question for Chautauqua Airlines Pilots

[DenverDude2002]

I flew on American Connection flt #5762 on June 10th. I keep records of all the ac I have flown on and took pictures of the wrong ac. It'd really appreciate any help in getting the tail number. I think it was an ERJ-145 (according to my reservation printout). Thanks! Andy

 

[ACE]

ok, I've got to ask....why do you do this?

 

[DenverDude2002]

I do it basicly for fun and because its a thing me and my friends do to see if we've ever flown on the same ac, how old they we're and basicly just to make the trips I've gone on more memorable. I also look up photos on airliners.net and see how many times the ac has been uploaded, how many different liveries it wore, where all its been, ect....

 

[buckdanny]

Plane watching

I've heard of a lot of people doing that actually. Some people literaly seat at airports and records the tail number of every airliner taking off and landing, just for the fun of it, share the info with other people, and retrace everwhere the plane is going. I really don't know where the find all the time for doing this though

Buck

 

[low-key]

literaly seat at airports and records the tail number of every airliner taking off and landing, just for the fun of it, share the info with other people, and retrace everwhere the plane is going.

yeah lol, there is a name for some of these people.... Terrorists

 

[DenverDude2002]

My dad was big into planes when he was young and used to keep track of the millitary ac he saw (he lived near a base in pa) so I guess I got that from him. I'm a college student with no job so i have a lot of time on my hands and find it quite an enjoyable hobby.

 

[RPA]

You rode N380SK. And yes it was an ERJ-140LR.

www.airliners.net has 2 pictures on file.

 

[DenverDude2002]

Thanks RPA

 

[low-key]

i waz just kiddin man. thats the first thing that popped in my head

 

[DenverDude2002]

Ok cool. Its hard to read people on here some times

 

[Cardinal]

Don't worry DenverDude, you're in good company. The very fact that any of us are on the internet chatting about airplanes proves conclusively that we are all geeks. I too found the airport fence a great place to get homework done (or, more accurately, not get homework done.)

 

[js31pilot]

Denver dude.......keep you enthusiasm about aviation. I am glad to read a positive post here and welcome more.......times have been tough but we are all paying our dues.....I hope. A lot of guys here have been or are about to get the shaft in aviation...it is just the times we are in. Don't worry most of the guys are cool here.


Ahh to have the Utopian view of aviation again.....I would kill for that mentality again.

 

[DenverDude2002]

To tell ya the truth i was very supersied there was even a forum like this where real pilots came on. I always thought you guys would be doing other things and not have time for a board or even the internet. Sure helps wannabes like me keep informed and amused though

 

[buckdanny]

Yeah, we pilots are all (or just about) aviation geeks. Gee, I remember a couple of months ago mentioning that X-men had a garmin 530 in their spy plane!! Then a few more admited seeing it too

Buck

 

[328dude]

JS and others:

How often to you ever get that Utopian feeling when your flying around in anything from J-3's to 767's. Ever just hit you out of no where. I'm more interested if any of the 121 guys ever get this or does it eventually die? I'm not talking everyday, but say a sunset or sunrise triggers it, how often?

DenverDude: I enjoyed reading your questions and it's nice to see that enthusiasm. The fence will never reach your horizan's

 

[js31pilot]

Yup it still happens to this day.........sometimes more and sometimes less. Hard to put an actual number on it. Lately, I have been a little more thankful to have a job in aviation at all. More and more of my buddies over the years have gotten furloghed or even quit the biz......which is sad since the guy I am thinking about currently would have been a great Captain someday.

One foot in front of the other I guess and keep pluggin away.

 

[Airpiraterob]

i had to bite my tongue. here i was enjoying the X-men-2 movie and i was just about to spout out the innaccuracy of a few things of that plane including the Garmin-530 use......but.......

i forgot...i already bought the premise of mutants running around being supermen/women to begin with. so i just went with it.

 

[mattfish42]

X-men 2 was the first time I went to a show with a couple of pilot friends who could appreciate the ridiculously inaccurate aviation scenes. It was fun.

 

[buckdanny]

Utopian feeling and X-men 2

I'm starting to get really tired of instructing. But then from time to time I get to fly around the San Francisco bay, over the Golden Gate, etc... Sunset time really nice too, when the downtown buildings turn pink. Then it reminds me that I have the best office view in the world, and nothing can beat that.

I thought that the X-men plane strangely resemble that Russian stealth fighter which Clint Eastwood stole. What was the name again, Firefox or something like that?

Buck

 

[I.P. Freley]

Utopian feelings and logbooks, too...

How ironic to see this thread today...

This is a first for me.

Had a passenger on board today who actually had a bona-fide LOGBOOK in which she had every flight crew who flew her anywhere "log" the flight for her. Well, at least every flight since early 2000.

I played along, keeping the logbook with me on the leg, and saw that she had about sixty flights "logged", from the USA to Europe, domestic flights, to Asia, you name it. Filled the thing out like I would have with a former student, but not any flight hours column other than the total flight time... With the A/C type, tail number, route, etc.

If only I still had that kind of enthusiasm about aviation!

Unfortunately, the F/A told me the passenger in question was a total b****. If only I'd known at the time, I would have not signed the book "Hope you enjoyed the flight!"