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Originally Posted by Capt. Caucasian  Yup, Thad Jr. (actually the III) was my flight instructor. I got to do quite a bit of flying with Sr. in the Maule as well. What I remember most about him was telling us that "down in Moultrie real Maule pilots land on the ramp, I land on the ramp." Lord, I loved that plane.
I remember "Good", how about "Boss Hog"? |
I never met Boss Hogg but worked for Phillip in ATL and CLT. He was one of the last good Chief Pilot. You know Phillip had a heart attack recently and I think had 4 bypasses?
Thad knew the IAM as well as everything else very well. We came into ATL and I was flying. Thad was working the radios. The approach controller asked if we had the ATIS and Thad said, 'Negative." The controller said, "Check back with me when you have it." That was enough to set Thad off citing section and reference that ATIS was NOT required but recommended.
and in Ops, if Thad was flying.. NEVER give me just the basic flight plan and paper work. He wanted it ALL.. all the wx, notams, etc..
We had some true characters at PI. I will send you a PM and you can then forward it to your Dad to tell Thad hello. He is remembered.