Originally Posted by jeff122670

I started flying in highschool and really flew on and off for many years without getting my license. i graduated the university of louisville and entered the air force. after several years of doing missiles and space jobs, i got picked up to go fly for the air force. i went to pensacola to do my flight training with the navy and then back to the air force as an F-15E WSO (back seater).

once i got to NC, i finished up my private using a lot of the time i spent at pensacola (the FSDO counted my gradebook hours towards my private license). the day after my private checkride, i hoped a plane to TN to get a Long-ez checkout and two days after that, i went to Oklahoma city to pick up my first airplane (Rutan Varieze) and then flew it back to NC (after getting stuck in Tulsa during an ice storm...that is a whole other story). i logged about 500+ hours in it and sold it and bought a Velocity. i finished up my Instrument and commercial and took both checkrides that same day then ended up loging about 600-700 hours in the Velocity and sold it.

After my second deployment to the desert, i finished up my multi and ATP at AllATPS with a great instructor (scott) in Raleigh.

inter-mixed with all of that, i fly low-level surveys for the airforce. we basically take an arrow or twin out to survey the low levels we fly. we have to do that on a yearly basis and normally log about 8-10 hours each flight so the hours add up fast (it takes a lot longer to fly it at 120Kts vice 500Kts) while the airforce pays for the time.....gotta love that!!!

right now, i have about 2900ish hours TT, with about 1800ish PIC and 1900 multi.......

i have about 5 years to go before retirement...then off to the airlines......

if anyone has questions about military flying or anything.....feel free to PM...

see ya!