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What do you fly?

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Just curious what type of A/C everyone fly? Also do you enjoy what your doing?

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The only things I fly currently are my computer :smt024 and the telephone! :shock:. I am currently "between" gigs :smt085 .

I am opimistic on finding another seat soon :smt023 .
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Stinson 108-3
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Caravan.... Love it! :D
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Hey cargo guy how can you love a job that requires you to hold down a second job to support your habit?
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Pitts S-2B w/203cm 3-blade MT
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Tube Driver wrote:Hey cargo guy how can you love a job that requires you to hold down a second job to support your habit?
Good point!

Yet I stand by what I said. Love it! :D

My flying gig is great. I'm having fun, good people, and decent benefits. But mainly I'm flying again...

I was on a bit of a sabatical from flying for a few years there. Man... did I ever miss it. I thought I was doomed to a life of 9-5 at a job that I hated! :x Then, finally I got a chance to fly again and I jumped at it.

The money at my flying gig is on par or slightly better than industry norms for what I'm doing. Sure I wish I was making more, but that will come. I have to work two jobs only because my personal circumstances are a little different than most. I'm married, and my wife's a full time student.

Anyways, no other job I'd rather be doing... Love it! :)

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cargo_guy wrote:Sure I wish I was making more, but that will come.
Ah... unfounded optimism. I love it! :D
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Sometimes King, that's all you've got :wink: . That, and a good sense of humour :butthead: , and a patient wife who's a sugar mommy :!:
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Learjet 25's (and occasional 35)

B, D, models and a straight 25 as well! "The best performing corporate airplane in the industry" (not my words)

The biggest fuel guzzler, and at times the biggest pain in the a$$ to hold onto (these are my words!)

Do I love it? Yes. What other civil aircraft can continue accelerating with 25degree nose up and trigger phone calls to the airport manager every time we takeoff.
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Hedley wrote:Image

Pitts S-2B w/203cm 3-blade MT
This is just showing off... :wink:
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767
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What do you fly

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B-747-400,
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Re: What do you fly

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av8tor94 wrote:B-747-400,
Really??? Nice? But where?
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meow wrote:
av8tor94 wrote:B-747-400,
Really??? Nice? But where?
Everywhere, that's what the 400 does. Actually, I am New York based for an Asian carrier.
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The bird I fly is dubbed the spruce moose.

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And the combs? They're for my chest hair.
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Nothing at the moment. Went from the back seat of a 27, to a Citation 550. Now, it seems that after all that money the company spent on our training in Paris, that job is just water under the bridge. But I'm not worried in the least. I've got other things going and it's only a matter of time. Working in aviation, is like the stock market...Things can change from one day to the next, and nothing is ever guraranteed!

Cheers everyone 8)
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Thats an interesting picture.

Never mind the combs, you could've at least moved the toilet paper from the bottom right so we wouldn't all know that you'll be blind soon.

Try not to get any on the keyboard.
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DA50E
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Sweet, what does the E stand for?
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LJDriver wrote:Learjet 25's (and occasional 35)

B, D, models and a straight 25 as well! "The best performing corporate airplane in the industry" (not my words)

The biggest fuel guzzler, and at times the biggest pain in the a$$ to hold onto (these are my words!)

Do I love it? Yes. What other civil aircraft can continue accelerating with 25degree nose up and trigger phone calls to the airport manager every time we takeoff.
yeah right!!
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Is it true about the Lear 23 that you must pitch up to 25 degrees right on lift-off so as to not overspeed the gear? Must be a hoot, but already pretty old stuff.
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Desksgo, how come your 'combs' are handraulic? Everything else on yer desk is electric.
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That's a pretty thick wallet there Desksgo. Obviously your not flying with a wallet that size! 8)
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