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ZippiGuy · June 6th, 2005, 20:24

June 6, 2005 -- Day 1

Showed up at the airport at 08:00 and spent the first hour filling out paperwork and writing our checks. There are four of us starting out today with one no-show. During this time, I had the chance to meet Heath in person--nice guy! Next, we got the introduction to ATP delivered by Rich Tillary who turns out to be the head guy here in Jacksonville. Wow! What a character! He has both a very hard edge and a great sense of humor! I can now see where the "military feeling" of ATP comes from. He also took my roomate, Jason, and I up on our first hour of flight and was already pushing our limits with simulated emergency landings, steep turns, and slow flight around Fernandina Beach airport (55J). Since I have several hours from a couple years ago, I believe Rich was trying to figure out what actually stuck with me. It was intense, but fun!

The highlight of the day was a quick maneuver to get out of the way of a P1 coming up the river and then landing with a King Air riding us from behind. This illustrates perfectly how crucial situation awareness is! The close up view of the P1 was a sight to behold.

Going to hit the pool for about 30 minutes and spend the rest of the day studying up on manuvers.

June 6th, 2005, 20:24	#6
ZippiGuy Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 80	Re: Career Change with ATP Blog June 6, 2005 -- Day 1 Showed up at the airport at 08:00 and spent the first hour filling out paperwork and writing our checks. There are four of us starting out today with one no-show. During this time, I had the chance to meet Heath in person--nice guy! Next, we got the introduction to ATP delivered by Rich Tillary who turns out to be the head guy here in Jacksonville. Wow! What a character! He has both a very hard edge and a great sense of humor! I can now see where the "military feeling" of ATP comes from. He also took my roomate, Jason, and I up on our first hour of flight and was already pushing our limits with simulated emergency landings, steep turns, and slow flight around Fernandina Beach airport (55J). Since I have several hours from a couple years ago, I believe Rich was trying to figure out what actually stuck with me. It was intense, but fun! The highlight of the day was a quick maneuver to get out of the way of a P1 coming up the river and then landing with a King Air riding us from behind. This illustrates perfectly how crucial situation awareness is! The close up view of the P1 was a sight to behold. Going to hit the pool for about 30 minutes and spend the rest of the day studying up on manuvers.