Youngest 747 captain that you know of ?

[curtis46]

6 pages already!pilotbrain got everybody attention.
we got to give him that much.

 

[curtis46]

I knew a captain at fine air,he was a DC8 captain,23 years old,gave me the j/s a couple of time ,such a great kid good stick too.i'm afraid he was the captain on the fine air crash tking off from miami never heard from him since.

 

[LJDRVR]

Not that it's germane, (Pilotbrain has seen the cockpit of a 747 about as much as I've flown the Grumman Lunar Module.) but I did encounter something interesting in my reading today.

John Deakins (JAL) upgraded on the 747 in 1974 at the age of 34, at the time, the youngest ever, since surpassed of course, but not by pathological liars such as the gentleman who started this thread.

John flew the seven-four all the way to retirement, making him the highest time 747 guy on the planet. (Still.)

 

[b747dogg]

I was a 747 Capt at 26 and now I'm jerking gear at LUV. Enjoy. imp:

 

[Spidey]

I was a 747 Capt at 26 and now I'm jerking gear at LUV. Enjoy. imp:

...both kinda like driven a bus...but with some honor...imp:

 

[Whataburger]

I don't know his name, but there is a UPS pilot who upgraded to the 747 at 23. I read an articile in an aviation magazine years ago about this guy. While in college he won some scholarship that paid for training in a DC-8. I can't remember if it was a type rating or an FE rating. Anyway, right after that UPS started their own airline and he was one of the very first pilots hired, on the -8. And a short time later, he was upgraded to Captain on the 747. And has probably been there ever since.

He left for Southwest.

 

[Porch]

You're all pilot barns, get alife....BARNS!

 

[satpak77]

I upgraded on the 747 at age 27, I was just wondering if anyone knew anyone younger?

hate to burst your bubble, but I know a guy (he is "old" now, retired) who was 74 capt at age 26 for a now defunct carrier

 

[graseby]

John Deakins (JAL) upgraded on the 747 in 1974 ... making him the highest time 747 guy on the planet. (Still.)

John is an amazing fella. Glad he is still kicking around on the GIV. You guys should read some of his articles on avweb.com

 

[MED]

Hey Kid, ya missed it by a couple of years...I talked to one of our old pilots..and he said one of the foreign airlines or cargo airlines hired 22-23 yr old street guys 20 years ago. Sorry, had a busy day and when he said who cares about it...I had to agree, went back to teaching the blind about contaminated data...

And this is his first attemp to land http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXmWWAe_otE