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October 10th, 2006, 23:43
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| Old Skool  |  The pilots life..... One of our scenic pilots was just hired to fly Twin Otter's on floats in St. Croix. His backcground: Good old Maine woods flying in a 180 on straight floats and a 172/180hp taiwheel conversion. Both planes hapened to be his (with some of dad's money). His float plane is probably one of the nicest 180's on floats in the world. He commuted in the airplanes from southern Maine to BHB. Since they are a day VFR operation they had no problem hiring him with a night restriction due to color blindness. He just passed 1000TT also has some heli time, with absolutely zero "glass time". He and his girlfriend are buying a boat in N. Carolina and going to live on it down there. It is actually cheaper doing it that way than a house or apartment due to electricity costs. Man the life of a pilot..........Living on a boat in St. Croix, Flying Twotter's on floats.
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October 11th, 2006, 00:14
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| Old Skool  | Re: The pilots life..... that would be amazing. That'd be like flying (jimmy) Buffet Air. Tell him "The FF" says "congrats"
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October 11th, 2006, 11:26
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX / Grand Forks, ND
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   | Re: The pilots life..... i need to get to know this guy, thats my ideal life, not some stuffy airline daily grind crap. cheers and a corona for this guy.
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October 11th, 2006, 11:36
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Re: The pilots life..... ahh seaborne airlines....i've heard good htings about them. |
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October 11th, 2006, 13:04
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| Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2002
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| Re: The pilots life..... There was an article on them in AOPA some months back. Looks amazing and that sounds like a wonderful life. Flying and Sailing with a georgous first mate on board..... Ah lad, the pirate's life for me.....  |
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October 11th, 2006, 18:12
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| Old Skool Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Austin, TX / Grand Forks, ND
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| Re: The pilots life..... Quote:
YARRRRR!! i bet even on 15/hr in st. croix you could be livin pretty high on the hog!!
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