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B727DRVR
Duude...
You all need to forget any other BNA AME other than Capt./Dr. C.R. Smith. Captain/Dr. Smith is a retired American Airlines B747 Captain who also happens to be a Vanderbilt University-trained Opthomologist. Captain/Dr. Smith was a pre-med in college who went on to fly B29's in Korea and P51's in the Air Guard. After getting hired by American Airlines, he took a leave of absence to finish Medical school. As a retired airline Captain,
Interesting post but ... I'm pretty sure (I'd bet a months pay) that American doesn't have 747's? I believe they had (many year ago!) only 2 747SP's for a short time to fly DFW-NRT. I actually know a retired American 747 pilot.
As far as the rest of the story goes ... it's certainly interesting
