Any pilots around here?

All of the above!!

 

people in that video are stupid

especially when the winds shear (change direction)

 

Well, I am. What do you want to know?

 

Not a "what do we want to know" just a place for us airhead types to get together and chit chat.

What kind of background do you have?? What have you flown??

 

Yo Banana, I have probably talked to you on many occassions.....Continental 757/767. Go in and outta there quite regularly. You Socal guys do a great job over there!!!

 

NIce! THanks for the compliment. Well, if you've departed LAX over either VTU or GMN then VERY good chance you've talked to me. That's the sector I'm training on now, I'll get to the rest of them witin the year hopefully. Not too many continentals going my way yet. My next sector will be the southern departures AKA, Loop and Holtz departures so I'm sure I'll be hereing from you.

 

oh, close but no cigar. Thats the "Burbank area" controllers that work that. I'm strictly LAX departures and satellite airports to the south, oh and SMO. We're all in one building, in fact all of the approach/departure controllers for southern CA are in the same building. I have many friends in the burbank area, good group of controllers, you're in good hands.

 

Just finished my first flight! Flew a Cessna 206 turbo this afternoon after months of being too chicken shit to fly My uncle's a retired Continental pilot and is gonna help me get my pilot's license eventually.







oh and this is one helluva bump

 

Friend of mine is a commercial pilot for US Air. 5th in seniority in the whole company. Pretty interesting to listen to some of his stories

 

I was wondering if there were any pilots on here. Glad I found this thread! I have my private and I'm reporting to Navy flight training in a month.

 

Have my private as well. I fly a pa-28 but im in the navy reserves fixing electronics on hh-60's so best of both worlds! Hoping to fly fixed wings in the navy here in a couple years after i finish my degree!

 

I don't care what I fly in the Navy as long as I'm flying something. Good luck to you!

 

Private here...

Yours truly...


LAX over the nose...


Knotts is pretty small compared to Disneyland.


Queen Mary and Long Beach harbor


Autzen Stadium in Eugene Oregon


4th of July, Socal Approach was calling themselves Bahgdad Approach



Video of the Fireworks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jquFFvu7XoA&sns=em


Gopro sped up video of KFUL to KCMA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMZFZYnefvo&sns=em

 

I have been flying for 10 years and still love it. The rose colored glasses are now off though and see the cut throat business of corporate aviation and don't care for it. That being said if you can negotiate yourself a nice salary, it is the greatest job in the world hands down. Good luck to all the pilots starting out and to those that aviation has royally screwed over, let's go out for drinks. I am buying.

 

I have about 4 years experience in the military flying C17s. Now headed to teach pilot training at Laughlin AFB, Texas. FedExCFI, how long have you been based out of Memphis?

 

I just completed my first solo in November. Threw together a little video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Muv8zJElnNE

 

Grats on your solo Matt

 

Thanks!

 

Any other Children of Mother Rucker around?

 

I have lived in Memphis for my entire life, but have been flying corporate/contract in the Memphis area for about 4 years. I work for FedEx in a job with a great schedule for my bill paying money, and fly on my days off for fun money.

Are you thinking about rushing our guard unit?