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Re: Hooray!

Postby flyboy 28 » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:53 pm

Sure James, I've flown down to Wildwood on more than one occasion.  It's actually a bit longer if you avoid the class B, which is wise, but definitely not more than 45 minutes.  I'd love to take a quick flight down south again


I live up north. ;) :P I ment to say, I've flown down to Millville before and it's taken about a half hour. ;)
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Re: Hooray!

Postby beefhole » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:10 pm

I live up north. ;) :P I ment to say, I've flown down to Millville before and it's taken about a half hour. ;)

d'oh.

30 mins north of millville puts you in South Jersey Rgl/Flying W/Red Lion area, no?  I did my checkride out of flying W.
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Re: Hooray!

Postby flyboy 28 » Tue Sep 12, 2006 7:44 pm

Hm, maybe not then. It probably just seemed quicker because I was having so much fun. (In the right seat, though. ;)) I live about 20-30 minutes north of Trenton by car, if that means anything.
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Re: Hooray!

Postby beefhole » Tue Sep 12, 2006 8:02 pm

Aye, that's a lot more than 30 mins-from South Jersey Regl to Millville is about 30 mins (in a Cessna 172/piper equivalent).  You must've been having a LOT of fun ;D

Taking a quick look at my New York sectional, looks like the closest airfield to you is Princeton (if not Trenton itself).  Ringing any bells?
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Re: Hooray!

Postby Viper22 » Thu Sep 21, 2006 7:08 pm

A 36,000 hour pilot! :o  are you sure...

36000/24 = 1500 days= 4.1 years

thats a lot of flying!
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Re: Hooray!

Postby beefhole » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:10 pm

A 36,000 hour pilot! :o  are you sure...

36000/24 = 1500 days= 4.1 years

thats a lot of flying!

Yup.  He's got 18,000 hours of agricultural/banner towing/sight seeing time and 18,000 jet time.  He's a pilot for Continental, one of the oldest employees.
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Re: Hooray!

Postby Hagar » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:06 am

I missed this. Belated congrats. Well done old chap. ;)
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Re: Hooray!

Postby FLYING_TRUCKER » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:13 am

Congratulations and well done. ;)

So now you can go up and defy the Gods...all by your lonesome.... ;DLOL... :)

That was not uncommon to find Captains with 36,000 hours at one time, especially war time pilots who went on to commercial flying.  
I have flown with a good many of them, my first encounter with a Chief Fying Instructor who was a retired Squadron Leader, close to 60 years old then had more flying hours flying backwards at night in all kinds of weather than most of us could only dream about. ;D

Again well done and have fun. :)

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Re: Hooray!

Postby beefhole » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:04 pm

Thanks Doug and Doug ;)

Must have been really interesting to fly with those guys, Trucker.  I know when I went up with this guy I immediately got a sense of his total mastery over the aircraft.
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Re: Hooray!

Postby Rocket_Bird » Fri Sep 22, 2006 3:43 pm

I think im a little late, but congrats beefhole! :)  
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