Your favorite type of flying? - Page 2

Timmypig · August 17th, 2004, 08:21

Hitting my wash coming out of a loop! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

The perfect 'wheeler' on a grass strip at dusk [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Actually Tom, flying at 15-20 feet is freakin' hard work. It's a hoot for sure but I've usually been wringing wet with sweat at the end of the low level flight.

Doug, love your work! Shoot stuff and drop bombs indeed.

Tim · August 17th, 2004, 10:53

Flying for Delta Air Lines.....ohhh sorry that would be a nightmare.

I would like to fly up in the Alaskan bush or drop objects on thing that make big booms..

ready2fly · August 17th, 2004, 10:58

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I love flying at night!

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Ditto.

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Instrument flying in busy airspace...

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Ditto ditto.

pilot602 · August 17th, 2004, 11:28

Alaska ... probably end up dead in a year or two but damn bush flying just seems more and more attractive ... or Forest Service work (i.e. forest fires) which if I'm extremely lucky I may have an opportunity at doing in a year or two – not bombing (I'm not that crazy) but lead plane/logistics type stuff.

I dunno I'm looking at any, all and every option and the more "unique" roles in flying seem to be taking up more and more of my thought processes. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

kellwolf · August 17th, 2004, 12:33

I got into the tailwheel thing for the spin awareness training, and I REALLY REALLY like tailwheel aircraft. They seem more fun, more intuitive, and it's just more like real flying to me.

Screaming_Emu · August 17th, 2004, 14:53

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Instrument flying in busy airspace...followed very closely by instrument flying in busy airspace at night.

LOVE IT!!!!

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I'm with you on that one. The only time I've been able to do this was when I flew into MSP on my first IFR cross country. It was crazy busy, but so much fun. Nothing like having 3 A320s hold short for a Piper Warrior :-). I also enjoy night flying, though I haven't had a chance to do night IFR in a busy environment. I must say though that so far I'm not a big fan of night IFR because all of my IFR has been done wearing a hood. But night VFR is by far my favorite kind of flying I've done yet. So peacefull and calm. And a lot of the time in North Dakota at night you can see the northern lights.

Oh yeah, and for a while I thought that cloud seeding would be really cool. Flying through thunderstorms in light aircraft...I even took a course in 'weather modification'. After learning more than I ever cared to know about the microphycis of clouds I decided that I didn't want to take the second course.

Grabo172 · August 17th, 2004, 20:19

Anything where I get to actually fly! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

But Idealy, I think flying fishermaen and hunters to back woods camp and lakes would be a blast... somewhere in Canada or Alaska.

chrisesp · August 17th, 2004, 20:21

Flying the 747-400 on Microsoft Flight Simulator!

Ryan · August 17th, 2004, 22:13

....free flying, lol
or stealing Mike D's gig. I'd have to say captaining my own G-IV followed by flying for Hooters Air [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bandit.gif[/img]

MikeD · August 17th, 2004, 22:18

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I'd love to drop bombs and shoot stuff.

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Bombs/rockets/gun on time, on target, and with no frat when the ground troops are under fire and yelling at you for support. Even better when they remember you by voice 2 weeks later and pull you aside to give some thanks.

Could've done without the trophy, though.

clrd4takeoff · August 18th, 2004, 17:56

Aerobatics!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

jtrain609 · August 18th, 2004, 18:17

EMS, be it fixed wing or rotorwinged. I'd love to make a difference in someone's life.

With that, Coast Guard aviation would be killer.

CaptainMatt · August 18th, 2004, 18:21

Low and Slow, Preferably right at sunset! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Doug Taylor · August 18th, 2004, 19:27

I know the grass is always greener, but I'd still very much like to be a F/A-18 pilot (like Capt. Kegley!) or a B1-B pilot on a low-level mission.

One can only spend so many hours staring out of the window listening to the captain yammering about his last bowel movement before you start wondering what it's like to fly a high performance aircraft in a high threat environment.

C150J · August 19th, 2004, 12:57

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One can only spend so many hours staring out of the window listening to the captain yammering about his last bowel movement before you start wondering what it's like to fly a high performance aircraft in a high threat environment.

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You wouldn't just be talking about BMs in a high-threat environment...I'll search for it, but there's a recording of an F-16 pilot apprising ATC of an "incident" in his flight suit somewhere on the internet.

J.

petemoss · August 19th, 2004, 13:51

drop bombs on a terror dude. Flying for hooters with the babe on my lap eating chicken wings..

Doug Taylor · August 19th, 2004, 13:53

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drop bombs on a terror dude. Flying for hooters with the babe on my lap eating chicken wings..

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More like "fly for Hooters, listen to the flight attendant tell you about her incarcerated boyfriend that was a 'victim of circumstance'"

C650CPT · August 19th, 2004, 13:57

Doug
This post shows a sexist pig side of you ... why does it have to be the FA ... why not the Capt. BTW: I know a gal that is a Capt. for Hooters ... and she is well qualified [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Jim

ready2fly · August 19th, 2004, 14:07

Jim, Jim, Jim.... what have we learned about such comments within reading distance of spouses??? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

Doug Taylor · August 19th, 2004, 14:13

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Reminds me of a "funny" story a few years ago. I say "funny" because I couldn't believe how stupid my FO was.

Back in 98, I was a 727 second officer and we're picking up at the hotel in Rochester.

My whole crew showed up, 3 flight attendants, the captain, the first officer and myself. There was also a United crew, three flight attendants, the captain and another girl wearing an overcoat holding a hat.

It was winter.

The driver looks back and says, "Hey, do we have everyone?"

Everyone looks around and nods, but the FO on my crew said, "No, I think United's missing their copilot".

The girl in the overcoat holds her uniform cap up for my crew's FO to see.

"Is the FO on the way down? Why are you holding his hat? Is he late for pickup?"

Absolute silence, you could drop a pin and hear it bounce three times...

So I steathily step on his foot so I can give him the hint to shut his trap before gets himself in worse trouble.

"What? I just don't want to us to leave the poor guy at the hotel!"

And then the captain saves the day, "'LeRoy's just screwin' around, his wife's a pilot for Federal Express!"

Everyone uproariously laughs and buys the captain's story. But the dumass turns to the captain and says, 'No she's not, she's a housewife!"

Grr....

eodfe · August 19th, 2004, 14:33

Exotic destinations checkout pilot for Gulfstream or Boeing.

Ecl!pse · August 19th, 2004, 15:03

Flyin a Falcon 900 (FalconCapt!) for a company!

jdflight · August 19th, 2004, 19:02

Doug, that is a great story. Seriously, great.

CaptainMatt · August 19th, 2004, 20:11

[ QUOTE ]
Doug, that is a great story. Seriously, great.

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Awesome Story, LOL [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] That guy was dense.

cmsuav8r · August 19th, 2004, 20:13

How stupid could a person be? Gets his ass bailed out only to dig a new hole? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img]

August 17th, 2004, 08:21	#26
Timmypig Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NSW Australia Posts: 222	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Hitting my wash coming out of a loop! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] The perfect 'wheeler' on a grass strip at dusk [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Actually Tom, flying at 15-20 feet is freakin' hard work. It's a hoot for sure but I've usually been wringing wet with sweat at the end of the low level flight. Doug, love your work! Shoot stuff and drop bombs indeed.

August 17th, 2004, 10:53	#27
Tim Old Skool Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta Posts: 2,205	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Flying for Delta Air Lines.....ohhh sorry that would be a nightmare. I would like to fly up in the Alaskan bush or drop objects on thing that make big booms..

August 17th, 2004, 10:58	#28
ready2fly Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW Posts: 7,080	Re: Your favorite type of flying? [ QUOTE ] I love flying at night! [/ QUOTE ] Ditto. [ QUOTE ] Instrument flying in busy airspace... [/ QUOTE ] Ditto ditto.

August 17th, 2004, 11:28	#29
pilot602 Old Skool Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: who haa Posts: 3,750	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Alaska ... probably end up dead in a year or two but damn bush flying just seems more and more attractive ... or Forest Service work (i.e. forest fires) which if I'm extremely lucky I may have an opportunity at doing in a year or two – not bombing (I'm not that crazy) but lead plane/logistics type stuff. I dunno I'm looking at any, all and every option and the more "unique" roles in flying seem to be taking up more and more of my thought processes. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

August 17th, 2004, 12:33	#30
kellwolf Old Skool Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 13,252	Re: Your favorite type of flying? I got into the tailwheel thing for the spin awareness training, and I REALLY REALLY like tailwheel aircraft. They seem more fun, more intuitive, and it's just more like real flying to me.

August 17th, 2004, 14:53	#31
Screaming_Emu Old Skool Join Date: May 2002 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 3,094	Re: Your favorite type of flying? [ QUOTE ] Instrument flying in busy airspace...followed very closely by instrument flying in busy airspace at night. LOVE IT!!!! [/ QUOTE ] I'm with you on that one. The only time I've been able to do this was when I flew into MSP on my first IFR cross country. It was crazy busy, but so much fun. Nothing like having 3 A320s hold short for a Piper Warrior :-). I also enjoy night flying, though I haven't had a chance to do night IFR in a busy environment. I must say though that so far I'm not a big fan of night IFR because all of my IFR has been done wearing a hood. But night VFR is by far my favorite kind of flying I've done yet. So peacefull and calm. And a lot of the time in North Dakota at night you can see the northern lights. Oh yeah, and for a while I thought that cloud seeding would be really cool. Flying through thunderstorms in light aircraft...I even took a course in 'weather modification'. After learning more than I ever cared to know about the microphycis of clouds I decided that I didn't want to take the second course.

August 17th, 2004, 20:19	#32
Grabo172 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Peterborough, NH Posts: 1,269	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Anything where I get to actually fly! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] But Idealy, I think flying fishermaen and hunters to back woods camp and lakes would be a blast... somewhere in Canada or Alaska.

August 17th, 2004, 20:21	#33
chrisesp Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 386	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Flying the 747-400 on Microsoft Flight Simulator!

August 17th, 2004, 22:13	#34
Ryan Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: KFRG, Nu\' yark Posts: 234	Re: Your favorite type of flying? ....free flying, lol or stealing Mike D's gig. I'd have to say captaining my own G-IV followed by flying for Hooters Air [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/bandit.gif[/img]

August 17th, 2004, 22:18	#35
MikeD Administrator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pinal Airpark Posts: 6,897	Re: Your favorite type of flying? [ QUOTE ] I'd love to drop bombs and shoot stuff. [/ QUOTE ] Bombs/rockets/gun on time, on target, and with no frat when the ground troops are under fire and yelling at you for support. Even better when they remember you by voice 2 weeks later and pull you aside to give some thanks. Could've done without the trophy, though.

August 18th, 2004, 17:56	#36
clrd4takeoff Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 71	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Aerobatics!!! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

August 18th, 2004, 18:17	#37
jtrain609 Old Skool Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Park City, UT Posts: 12,100	Re: Your favorite type of flying? EMS, be it fixed wing or rotorwinged. I'd love to make a difference in someone's life. With that, Coast Guard aviation would be killer.

August 18th, 2004, 18:21	#38
CaptainMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Space Shuttle Posts: 620	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Low and Slow, Preferably right at sunset! [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

August 18th, 2004, 19:27	#39
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,825 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Your favorite type of flying? I know the grass is always greener, but I'd still very much like to be a F/A-18 pilot (like Capt. Kegley!) or a B1-B pilot on a low-level mission. One can only spend so many hours staring out of the window listening to the captain yammering about his last bowel movement before you start wondering what it's like to fly a high performance aircraft in a high threat environment.

August 19th, 2004, 12:57	#40
C150J Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 985	Re: Your favorite type of flying? [ QUOTE ] One can only spend so many hours staring out of the window listening to the captain yammering about his last bowel movement before you start wondering what it's like to fly a high performance aircraft in a high threat environment. [/ QUOTE ] You wouldn't just be talking about BMs in a high-threat environment...I'll search for it, but there's a recording of an F-16 pilot apprising ATC of an "incident" in his flight suit somewhere on the internet. J.

August 19th, 2004, 13:51	#41
petemoss Newbie Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 24	Re: Your favorite type of flying? drop bombs on a terror dude. Flying for hooters with the babe on my lap eating chicken wings..

August 19th, 2004, 13:53	#42
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,825 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Your favorite type of flying? [ QUOTE ] drop bombs on a terror dude. Flying for hooters with the babe on my lap eating chicken wings.. [/ QUOTE ] More like "fly for Hooters, listen to the flight attendant tell you about her incarcerated boyfriend that was a 'victim of circumstance'"

August 19th, 2004, 13:57	#43
C650CPT Senior Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Home Sweet Home! Posts: 957	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Doug This post shows a sexist pig side of you ... why does it have to be the FA ... why not the Capt. BTW: I know a gal that is a Capt. for Hooters ... and she is well qualified [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Jim

August 19th, 2004, 14:07	#44
ready2fly Old Skool Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: DFW Posts: 7,080	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Jim, Jim, Jim.... what have we learned about such comments within reading distance of spouses??? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

August 19th, 2004, 14:13	#45
Doug Taylor Agent Smith Join Date: Dec 1969 Location: KSDL Posts: 39,825 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Your favorite type of flying? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Reminds me of a "funny" story a few years ago. I say "funny" because I couldn't believe how stupid my FO was. Back in 98, I was a 727 second officer and we're picking up at the hotel in Rochester. My whole crew showed up, 3 flight attendants, the captain, the first officer and myself. There was also a United crew, three flight attendants, the captain and another girl wearing an overcoat holding a hat. It was winter. The driver looks back and says, "Hey, do we have everyone?" Everyone looks around and nods, but the FO on my crew said, "No, I think United's missing their copilot". The girl in the overcoat holds her uniform cap up for my crew's FO to see. "Is the FO on the way down? Why are you holding his hat? Is he late for pickup?" Absolute silence, you could drop a pin and hear it bounce three times... So I steathily step on his foot so I can give him the hint to shut his trap before gets himself in worse trouble. "What? I just don't want to us to leave the poor guy at the hotel!" And then the captain saves the day, "'LeRoy's just screwin' around, his wife's a pilot for Federal Express!" Everyone uproariously laughs and buys the captain's story. But the dumass turns to the captain and says, 'No she's not, she's a housewife!" Grr....

August 19th, 2004, 14:33	#46
eodfe Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Centennial, Colorado Posts: 165	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Exotic destinations checkout pilot for Gulfstream or Boeing.

August 19th, 2004, 15:03	#47
Ecl!pse Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Pittsburgh, PA/Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 382	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Flyin a Falcon 900 (FalconCapt!) for a company!

August 19th, 2004, 19:02	#48
jdflight Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Boulder, CO (anywhere but Fresno) Posts: 1,477	Re: Your favorite type of flying? Doug, that is a great story. Seriously, great.

August 19th, 2004, 20:11	#49
CaptainMatt Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Space Shuttle Posts: 620	Re: Your favorite type of flying? [ QUOTE ] Doug, that is a great story. Seriously, great. [/ QUOTE ] Awesome Story, LOL [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] That guy was dense.

August 19th, 2004, 20:13	#50
cmsuav8r Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Warrensburg, MO/ KC, MO Posts: 579	Re: Your favorite type of flying? How stupid could a person be? Gets his ass bailed out only to dig a new hole? [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif[/img]

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