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11-25-2013, 09:36 PM
#6815
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Position: Captain CL-65
Posts: 268
Almost Through College!
Hello fellow pilot family! I am currently a senior at a NC college where I am getting a degree in Biology, I have loved my studies but aviation is where my heart really is. The last two summers I had an internship at Boeing in Seattle, WA at Boeing Field/King County Airport (KBFI) identifier that is on your final approach end (from the north) into SEA TAC International. I worked at Boeing during the two summers in a R&D laboratory mainly pertaining to 737 NG and 787 project and support/certification testing. While I worked there I paid for flight training, the first summer I got about 22 hours and then the last summer I finished my PPL at 46 hours. Today I have 93 hours and 10 hours of IFR instruction. I want to graduate in May and look at flight school options where I can get my ratings, and start working my butt off to have a career loving what I do, fly.
I look forward to the mentoring I am going to need on the way, all the pilots out there with a passion shoot me a PM, I am going to need all the good advice and help I can get.
I look forward to the mentoring I am going to need on the way, all the pilots out there with a passion shoot me a PM, I am going to need all the good advice and help I can get.
Go easy on the spring chicken.
11-26-2013, 03:12 PM
#6818
New Hire
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 2
Hello. I am actually not a pilot, but I lost my best friend on Dec.8, 2012 while he was piloting a Cessna 421C. He lost his left engine soon after takeoff. The NTSB recently issued the factual report detailing the accident and I have several questions regarding the results. The link to the report is here : Untitled Page
I am a mechanical engineer who works at a Nuclear power plant in south Florida, so I understand "techno-speak" pretty well. What I don't understand is how can an engine that had just passed an annual inspection experience such a catastrophic failure? I also cannot understand why his landing gear was found
to be down. I realize the answers to these questions will never bring him back, but it is really renting a lot of space in my head. I was even contemplating flying with him that day since it was a quick hop from Lantana down to Tamiami. If this intro is in poor taste, please forgive me. I also want to ensure that fellow 421C pilots on this forum may fly a little safer one day. Besides Tim being a good friend, he was also a passionate pilot and meticulous engineer. He would have wanted everyone potentially affected to understand what happened to him and maybe avert a potentially fatal accident.
I am a mechanical engineer who works at a Nuclear power plant in south Florida, so I understand "techno-speak" pretty well. What I don't understand is how can an engine that had just passed an annual inspection experience such a catastrophic failure? I also cannot understand why his landing gear was found
to be down. I realize the answers to these questions will never bring him back, but it is really renting a lot of space in my head. I was even contemplating flying with him that day since it was a quick hop from Lantana down to Tamiami. If this intro is in poor taste, please forgive me. I also want to ensure that fellow 421C pilots on this forum may fly a little safer one day. Besides Tim being a good friend, he was also a passionate pilot and meticulous engineer. He would have wanted everyone potentially affected to understand what happened to him and maybe avert a potentially fatal accident.
11-26-2013, 03:29 PM
#6819
New Hire
Joined APC: Nov 2013
Posts: 6
potential candidate for regional airlines, i have over 1500tt and meet all ATP mins. I want to use this site to gather information about the regional airline industry to make the best decision for me as far as place of employment. thanks.
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