I did my high performance checkout in a Beech Baron with a pair of 300 hp engines modded onto it. VROOM!

Other than that, there's no way I can one up teaching in a Mooney, haha.

I did fly charters into ATL on a Turbo Saratoga quite a bit while I was in college, and subsequently taught other new pilots on the charter op on it. It was funny having to turn on the air conditioning to use as a speed brake to help slow down to make the landing gear speed of 132 knots.

My favorite story flying into and out of ATL on those charters was the tower controller calling me "heavy" on one occasion. I was behind a 767- with another 767 behind me- and he cleared me into position saying "Saratoga 32TE heavy, position and hold, caution wake turbulence preceding heavy 767. He cleared me for takeoff, and then cautioned the 767 behind me on "Preceding heavy piper Saratoga."

 

You can get them with turbines already attached...

 

And you expect me to sleep after looking at that!!

 

T-34s? Mooney's? Beech's? For your commercial? Or even private?

Now my Piper Arrow time seems, well, like bragging about my 1989 Ford Ranger with no A/C.

We should have a apcf l&g toy box.

 

Well gloopy sink flamer and george all say that it would be a loss to allow any more jets in the 51-76 seat range even if other areas of scope were to be improved significantly.

I believe limiting and eventually eliminating all off-list DCI pilots... Let the company operate the airline on multiple certificates, as long as there are Delta Pilots in the cockpits!!!

I wonder if the silent masses feel the same.... We can only hope!

 

Sorry I didn't win the lottery, not buyin Delta, you guys will not be owned, acl sorry about the master and commander oh captain my captain stuff.

I was planning on one hell of a section 6 though! then resigning after the ta was sent to vote. I would need to sell my stock, wall st would not like what I had done.

 

About the funniest part of the T-34 flying was renting it while one of our Company aircraft was in maintenance. Had a meeting with the Execs that run MCO. The T-34 was all that was available on no notice. Back then they would let us park right in front of their Exec Admin office. Pulled up and got my briefcase out of the aft cargo bin while Orlando's Risk Manager looked us over and said; "you fly, THAT for business?" He sort of complained to my boss, thinking we had to be up to something.

Next time we took the Company jet, which was expected, and raised fewer eyebrows.

Save the Company nearly $2,500 and still get complained about. That's just my luck.

 

While talking about the "Toy Box." I did a little work on this and the owner promised we'd take it around to air shows. It had a fascinating history. Originally registered to the CIA, then operated by the World's largest cocaine smuggler. We had photos of it in SE Asia with Air to Ground munitions, and photos of it full of cocaine, even pictures of folks on it mooning the DEA (back then they could not shoot it down, but they could run anything the DEA down to min fuel). I was planning a heck of a story board:

The previous owner who used it for drug running was this guy:

Drug Smuggler- Rik Luytjes

Not to glamorize that sort of thing. But the airplane was purpose built for shenanigans. 350 feet was plenty to get 3,000+ lbs of payload aloft and fly it at 200+ knots for over 1,000 miles. Used, illegally, it made Central America to Scranton PA, non stop. It was a very capable airplane, but had some quirks. Unfortunately the owner sold it ... would have been fun to load up ten friends & head down to the islands in.

As you can see, the main gear hang low in flight and have a lot of travel. When landing the wheels would physically be on the ground, but it would definitely still be flying. As sold to the CIA, there was no lock out for Beta on the prop. Getting it into reverse while still 3 feet in the air would result in the airplane trying to swap ends.

If I won the lottery, I would be making some phone calls to see if the current owner wants to sell. It is about the most useful, fun, relatively cheap to operate war-bird I know of.

 

Why do I find creating a purpose built drug running plane as amusing?

I guess it's like the dukes of hazzard

Until you get shot down!

 

I know that, and commented that in my post. Since we all know it is not attainable, then please tell ALPA to come up with a new contract slogan since we will not be leading the industry with this contract.