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Full time flight instructor here, working out of KARB Ann Arbor Michigan. Working my way up to some kind of jet job within a year from now. Right now, I don't mind if that's as a freight dawg, at a regional, Part 135 or Corporate. I just love to fly!
Dibble dabbled the last 3-4 years in C172s and the SR20. In the next year, I’ll be at least getting though the instrument rating in a C172S exclusively and will just be an occasional renter for the hell of it, but I do not wish to be a career aviator at this point. Just a hobby level non-owner
Not a big iron pilot, just a fun flyer with a RV 7A. 180KTAS at 11GPH. Or I can slow to 120KTASand get 5.5gph. Gets me where I want to go with no fuss at any FBO. The tail number .. One Seven for Mike and Tyler also has a pet name... MT Pockets. The Kit came in a box with 11,379 rivets, that took us 2 years to build her. When I'm at low gross wt, she is in the acrobatic category so it will get your motor running real fast.
T-37 Instructor Pilot followed by F-16C Wild Weasel over my 9 year Air Force career. Then flew 28 years for a major airline. Had part ownership in a Grumman American Cheetah for a short while. Haven’t piloted a plane since I retired 2 years ago. Love driving the C8.
You had my dream job….pilot for a major airline. I even got corneal transplants in each eye to correct my vision. Even though my vision with contacts was 20/20 my uncorrected vision didn’t meet the FAA’s minimum vision standard to get a commercial pilot. I finally got a vision waiver that allowed me to get my private pilot certificate so at least I got to fly my own planes. Piper Warrior then a Cherokee Six. Sold them years ago but really enjoyed them while I had them.
Out of all the airplanes mentioned here, this would be my first choice. Very cool!!
Thanks. It’s an USAAF L4-J. It has an illustrious war history. It took off from the factory on August 12 1945 and two hours later 10 miles off course it picked up carb ice. The ferry pilot did not know how to properly apply carb heat and landed it in a field. It flipped over with 2.1 hours on it and the war ended. After repairs it was stationed all over the country and was surplussed in 1952.
