Official Aviation Thread...

[flyboyx]

Getting an airline job is kind of like being in a room full of supermodels. You are gonna start with the prettiest one and ask for a date first, then you go around the room and choose the first one that says yes.

have you been to the panty party(wia), the African American fest(obap), and the pole smoking gala(ngpa)?

[MR E30 325is]

Pretty much everywhere, but my #1 is Alaska. DAL is a close #2. I'm moving to whidbey island for my navy reserve job, so being SEA based (or at least commutable from there) would be awesome. Beggars can't be choosers though!

It's been a long while since we were both stationed at Miramar at the same time (I am pretty confident that's a true statement), but I am glad to see that you are still flying and having a good time with it! Congrats man!

[FLYNAVY]

nice. where you gonna apply?

Pretty much everywhere, but my #1 is Alaska. DAL is a close #2. I'm moving to whidbey island for my navy reserve job, so being SEA based (or at least commutable from there) would be awesome. Beggars can't be choosers though!

[flyboyx]

nice. where you gonna apply?

[FLYNAVY]

Via Uncle Sam. Now time to start submitting apps. Congrats to your kid too, and thanks!

[flyboyx]

fuck yeah!!!! huge milestone! congratulations man.

did you just get hired at a regional or is this one gratis ala uncle sam?

my son just finished up his restricted ATP a couple days ago in dallas.

[FLYNAVY]

In unrelated aviation news, just passed my multiengine ATP check ride tonight. Pretty excited to have that out of the way! A320 FTW. Very nice airplane to "fly" (or simulate). Even a dumb Hornet guy like me can learn it :)

[flyboyx]

I should prob know this, but is FDX now done with MD-11 ops? I know they have been expanding the 767 and 777 fleets, didn't know it had left the line yet though.

well, i just looked it up on wiki. apparently, they do still have md-10's and md-11's mostly to be phased out by 2021 and replaced with 767's and triple 7's. i was thinking they were all retired.

[FLYNAVY]

as far as i know, UPS is the only u.s. airline left that flies 3 engine airplanes.

yes, those are awesome pics will. i love that darn ov-10 bronco!!!!

I should prob know this, but is FDX now done with MD-11 ops? I know they have been expanding the 767 and 777 fleets, didn't know it had left the line yet though.

[BlackbirdM3]

A few more shots from Reno this year.






Will

[flyboyx]

as far as i know, UPS is the only u.s. airline left that flies 3 engine airplanes.

yes, those are awesome pics will. i love that darn ov-10 bronco!!!!

[varg]

That's really something, getting to see that DC-10 in action, you don't even get to see many trijets flying these days let alone doing something interesting like that.

[BlackbirdM3]

Since the north bay area was on fire, I figured I should go air tanker hunting. I scored up in Middletown. I didn't see the GST 747 make any drops (kept getting up there as it made its last drop and was going home for the day.) but I did catch the DC10s doing their thing, and one of Neptune Aviation's BAE 146s making a drop front and center. I also caught the former Aero Union P3 Orion T23 on the fire, but didn't see a drop (was always 5 minutes too late, two days in a row.)








The new Coulson C130 had the last drop of the afternoon on tuesday, unfortunately it was on the other side of the mountain.


Wednesday I had been watching Flight Radar 24 for most of the day while at work, the action was still in Middletown, so what the heck, I'll make another run up there.
Once again I missed T23 making a drop, he was headed home for the day.


The original plan was to shoot from the spot where I was on Tuesday, but once I was there, I could see they were dropping further up the canyon, and there was no one saying I couldn't head up the dirt road... About 2 miles up the road started to climb up the side of the canyon, and I found the spot to be.
OV10 Lead 505 had Neptune Aviation's T41 in tow, and they were lining up to drop in the canyon...




The drop by T41 was the last drop by a tanker of the afternoon. The Skycranes however were working late.







I should have taken Wednesday off work and just camped out up there.

Will

[BlackbirdM3]

i was perusing the october issue of warbirds and lookie what i found.






congratulations Will.

Sweet, I'll have to bug my friend who works for the EAA to get me a copy. That said, the P40 shot isn't mine. Not sure who took it, but I don't remember shooting that. (Maybe I did and I just don't remember doing so.) The Shot with the Skyraider was taken at the start of the Saturday night airshow at Oshkosh this year. The one with the Bearcat and Corsair happened about 3 hrs later.

Will

[flyboyx]

i was perusing the october issue of warbirds and lookie what i found.






congratulations Will.