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volunteer and UGAflyer-

As long as we're on the topic of FARs....

Did you take those pictures? Inside the stadium TFRs? :eek:
 
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The now retired CO of the old Fighter Weapons School at Mirarmar will tell you that Tom Cruise was a total jerk during the filming of Top Gun. I doubt that much has changed.
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I don't find your comment comes as any great surprise to me. People often see different sides of a person depending upon the nature of their interaction. Other than having met the guy on the ramp once, I don't know him at all. Seemed nice enough. But then so did Newt Gingrich and Al Gore! Not so with Babs Striesand or any number of other jerk celebs. Having flown a few dozen celeb charter clients, I don't much care either. It just doesn't matter. (unless they tip!) Most behave well. Only a few have not. Cruise may well have been a jerk to this Commander and a nice guy to his pilots. Better than the other way around. (from their point of view)

What are his corporate guys going to say? That he is a jerk? While still emplloyed by him?
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Just as a point of interest, none of the three guys I was referring to still worked for him when I last spoke to them. They have all moved on, at least partially to get out from under the thumb of his "chief pilot" and partially for career advancement. They claimed that Tom treated them very respectfully. I suppose they could still be afraid that he will reach out and touch them through the long arm of the church of scientology if they say anything unkind though! Most corporate pilots I know express their dislike for former employers with dead silence on the subject. Not false praise. The less said, the worse they were. Of course I would view the opinion of a currently employed crew member with the very same cynicism you do. I wasn't born yesterday either! Message received.

Best,
 
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EagleRJ said:
volunteer and UGAflyer-

As long as we're on the topic of FARs....

Did you take those pictures? Inside the stadium TFRs? :eek:
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I most certainly did not take that picture. As you can see in the picture, Tennessee is about to play football. So, my rear is in section M, row 52, seat 8 (in the lower deck below the "power T" that you see on the back of the Jumbotron), just as it is everytime TN plays.
 
In defense of Tom (like he really needs it), when he made Top Gun he wasn't that old, I'm sure there is a lot of pressure involved in the movie making business.
 
Stifler's Mom said:
Ha Ha. I wonder if he has a pair of black Nikes and a purple blanket?
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That was an extremely tasteless remark.

Good job.

C
 
charter dog said:
Let's just say that he knows how to do a go-around
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"...Well, that just about covers the fly-by"

Counselair:D
 
volunteer said:
I can only hope this season is better for us.
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Only after fat phil is gone will I again respect unversity of tennessee football.
 
EagleRJ said:
volunteer and UGAflyer-

As long as we're on the topic of FARs....

Did you take those pictures? Inside the stadium TFRs? :eek:
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You could easily get these pics w/out busting the TFR. We did the same thing around Disney World a couple of years ago... had a mapping job adjacent to Disney Property, part of it was inside the 3nm but our altitude was 3,600 agl. We worked extensively with MCO approach for about two weeks prior to make sure we wouldn't get shot down or busted. While there, we used a Canon 1ds, 200mm L-series lens, and got several nice shots of Disney World, Epcot, etc... not the best images but plenty big enough for a cool avatar. These have been cropped.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7582/54qr.jpg
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6361/71dn.jpg


Having been to ballgames in each of those stadiums and flown into AHN and DKX, you could possibly get inside the TFR under ATC control while arriving/departing.
 
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RJPilott said:
Heres a picture of his P-51, "Montana Miss".


http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/pages/picpages/44-12840/44-12840-ph.html

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/pages/picfiles/44-12840/44-12840_04_mk1.jpg

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/pages/picfiles/44-12840/44-12840_05_mk1.jpg

I shoulda went to acting school....
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I think you're right. You get your own cool airlplanes and a 27 year old girlfriend at 43 after you ditched your beautyful wife. Plus a few million to boot.

But, will he ever have the thrill to jet around a plane full of disgruntled, peanut munching pax to DCA in lousy weather for low pay?
 
av8rbama said:
You could easily get these pics w/out busting the TFR. We did the same thing around Disney World a couple of years ago... had a mapping job adjacent to Disney Property, part of it was inside the 3nm but our altitude was 3,600 agl. We worked extensively with MCO approach for about two weeks prior to make sure we wouldn't get shot down or busted. While there, we used a Canon 1ds, 200mm L-series lens, and got several nice shots of Disney World, Epcot, etc... not the best images but plenty big enough for a cool avatar. These have been cropped.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/7582/54qr.jpg
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/6361/71dn.jpg


Having been to ballgames in each of those stadiums and flown into AHN and DKX, you could possibly get inside the TFR under ATC control while arriving/departing.
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The pictures were probably taken from the banner towers that are authorized to fly the "route" during the games. Looks like it was taken from about that altitude and distance.
 
RJPilott said:
Heres a picture of his P-51, "Montana Miss".


http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/pages/picpages/44-12840/44-12840-ph.html

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/pages/picfiles/44-12840/44-12840_04_mk1.jpg

http://www.mustangsmustangs.net/p-51/survivors/pages/picfiles/44-12840/44-12840_05_mk1.jpg

I shoulda went to acting school....
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I'm not sure that it's called "Montana Miss" anymore, though. I seem to remember seeing a blurb for the interview and the Mustang in the background was called "Kiss Me Kate". Wonder if the helmet he wears while flying it is lined w/ tin foil...
 
Charter Dog, we are in total agreement. In the early 90's I flew helos in the Caribbean for a year. This gig involved flying celebs of course. All of the celebs that I flew were without exception very pleasant to be around and some a lot of fun. They were also in most cases "on vacation," with the exception of one who was filming on location (I was flying the aerial shots) and another had about 100# of scripts with him to read on his yacht.

I concluded that once they are away from the fans, paparazzi, and autograph seekers they revert back to being "normal people" as they once were, or close to it.

The nicest and most down to earth celebs that I flew were Harry Hamlin and his beautiful actress-wife Lisa Rinna. I still have a photo of her with her arm around me standing next to her husband.

Others who were notably nice were Robert DeNiro, Johnny Depp, Kate Moss, Harry Connick Jr. and his lovely bride Jill Goodacre. There were many others but these celebs stand out.
 

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