"Oddball" Flying Jobs
05-25-2012, 03:10 PM
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Originally Posted by mikearuba
I just saw the MetLife airship at my local airport today. Really cool. Was always curious to know what was involved in flying those! But I'm now sorry to hear the QOL sucks, but what kind of time do you log on those things? Turbine multi?
Originally Posted by SkyHigh
I am sure that people will say "man that is some good experience". I can't imagine that the flight time will be good for much more than other airship jobs.
05-25-2012, 08:18 PM
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I would hate to see what happens when you gotta take a **** while flying that thing. Your not going anywhere fast. Just makes me cringe at the thought of that.
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05-27-2012, 06:25 AM
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Fish Spotting
Fish Spotting is an unusual job. Some people I met doing that made hundreds of thousands per year, but it is very dangerous and a lot of people loose money or die.
Some days we were in the air for 14 hours only to have a cold tent on the beach waiting for us. I flew seasons for a guy who lost his medical. The pay I got was contracted out ahead of time. He made much more. I just flew the plane.
Herring season came during a time when I did not usually have other flying to do. Also it was close to the shore and a little safer. More planes however. Literally at times it was like being in a packed freeway. We were wingtip to wingtip fling in a racetrack oval over black balls of herring in the surf.
Skyhigh
Some days we were in the air for 14 hours only to have a cold tent on the beach waiting for us. I flew seasons for a guy who lost his medical. The pay I got was contracted out ahead of time. He made much more. I just flew the plane.
Herring season came during a time when I did not usually have other flying to do. Also it was close to the shore and a little safer. More planes however. Literally at times it was like being in a packed freeway. We were wingtip to wingtip fling in a racetrack oval over black balls of herring in the surf.
Skyhigh
05-27-2012, 08:00 AM
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Originally Posted by pilot0987
I would hate to see what happens when you gotta take a **** while flying that thing. Your not going anywhere fast. Just makes me cringe at the thought of that.
06-02-2012, 02:42 AM
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Originally Posted by SkyHigh
Fish Spotting is an unusual job. Some people I met doing that made hundreds of thousands per year, but it is very dangerous and a lot of people loose money or die.
Some days we were in the air for 14 hours only to have a cold tent on the beach waiting for us. I flew seasons for a guy who lost his medical. The pay I got was contracted out ahead of time. He made much more. I just flew the plane.
Herring season came during a time when I did not usually have other flying to do. Also it was close to the shore and a little safer. More planes however. Literally at times it was like being in a packed freeway. We were wingtip to wingtip fling in a racetrack oval over black balls of herring in the surf.
Skyhigh
Some days we were in the air for 14 hours only to have a cold tent on the beach waiting for us. I flew seasons for a guy who lost his medical. The pay I got was contracted out ahead of time. He made much more. I just flew the plane.
Herring season came during a time when I did not usually have other flying to do. Also it was close to the shore and a little safer. More planes however. Literally at times it was like being in a packed freeway. We were wingtip to wingtip fling in a racetrack oval over black balls of herring in the surf.
Skyhigh
My uncle spotted tuna off SOCAL for decades, and I would fly with him sometimes. Long hours. He could make $200K in one day, but sometimes he would go years without even covering his costs...always had to take the long view financially.
06-02-2012, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by wrxsteve
are airships still technically subjected to airframe problems like what specifically happened to the zepp?
06-07-2012, 06:48 AM
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06-07-2012, 08:59 AM
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I would also highly recommend you look at this website run by some friends of mine:
Oddball Pilot | A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers
"A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers"
Lots of great interviews, videos, etc.
Oddball Pilot | A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers
"A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers"
Lots of great interviews, videos, etc.
06-08-2012, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by SVA402
I would also highly recommend you look at this website run by some friends of mine:
Oddball Pilot | A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers
"A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers"
Lots of great interviews, videos, etc.
Oddball Pilot | A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers
"A Resource for Pilots Interested in Non-Conventional Careers"
Lots of great interviews, videos, etc.
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