[simpits-tech] Memory Lane....

[John P. Miguez]

Sean,

Went to see "Lord of the Rings" yesterday.  God, NZ is beautiful.  Maybe a
bunch of us Americans will come live there and screw it up.  :)   You better
get combat aircraft just to keep the movie stars from moving there.

John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Galbraith" <sean.g@paradise.net.nz>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:07 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Memory Lane....


> Geez!   My list comes up kinda short :(
>
> RAAF DHC-4 Caribou,1985 about 2 hours Left seat North Queensland Australia
> RNZAF P-3k Orion, 1985, Left seat somewhere out in the Pacific looking for
> fishing boats.
> RNZAF UH-1H, 1989, Left seat for about an hour (and still my only hands on
> helicopter flying!)
> RNZAF CT-4/b Airtrainer 1988/89 coolest little piston trainer... +6/-3G
> stressed, did my flying training in these and Airtourer T.Mk6
>
> B737-200 Sim, about 4 hours, sometime in 84 I think (was supposed to be a
> tour of the sim faculity, but we never left the 737 cockpit!)
> P-3k Orion sim, hours and hours in '85 (spent almost all my off-duty time
> flying the thing.... even had some FE's ask me to fly it for them while
> they practiced their "thing")
> Aermacchi MB339-CB Jet Trainer Sim, 1999-2001 heap of hours (while I was
> working on an FS98 based PTT for the central flying school)
>
> Sadly there are no fast jets in the list :( and there are not likely to be
> since NZ no longer has any operational combat aircraft :(
>
> Sean.
>
>
> >Lufthansa 747-200 from DFW to FRANKFURT in 1984 in the cockpit chock to
> >chock
> >Lufthansa A310 from FRANKFURT to ATHENS Greece 1984 in the cockpit chock
to
> >chock
> >Lufthansa 747-200 FRA to DFW in cockpit chock to chock
> >Iberia 747-200 from JFK to MADRID Spain in 1985 ( sat in co-pilots seat
for
> >almost 3 hours over Atlantic)
> >Iberia 747-200 from MADRID to JFK 1985
> >Lufthansa 747-400 FRANKFURT to JOHANISBURG SOUTH AFRICA (over 12 hour
> >flight) in cockpit center jumpseat chock to chock 1990
> >Lufthansa 747-400 JOHANISBURG SA to FRANKFURT 1990
> >American Airlines 747 SP daily taxi from International Terminal 2E ( now
> >terminal A) to AA main maintance hanger ( did this almost every day
before
> >work in 1989-90 with my MTC friends at AA when I worked there in
Passenger
> >service) This was a blast cause the plane was empty and flew in every day
> >from Tokyo ( Narita Airport) and was still full of un- eaten first class
> >food still hot in the oven. The hanger was 3 miles away and we often had
to
> >take the long way around the airport to avoid ramp traffic.
> >American Airlines 767-300 nite time taxi maintaince check at DFW airport.
I
> >actually was allowed to taxi the plane from the co-pilots seat ( the  767
> >has a nose wheel tiller on both sides of the cockpit) I learned about how
> >NOT to brake a large jet ( I made it bounce way up and down by using too
> >much brakes)
> >American Airlines 727 simulator countless hours ( all thru 1990s)
> >American Airlines MD-80 ( same as above)
> >American Airlines MD-11 ( same as above)
> >American Airlines A300-600 ( same as above)
> >American Airlines 777 ( recenltly)
> >Thompson Training and Simulation *( now Thales) in Gatwick England Airbus
> >A330 Simulator - 2000
> >North American T-28 Trojan - at airshow flew thru down town Tulsa
Oklahoma
> >1996
> >Polish Iskra Training Jet --------two flights in 1996
> >Bell Jet Ranger - flew around Hawaian Island of Kaui 1996
> >Brittish Folland GNAT supersonic Jet Trainer - Chino California ( ex Red
> >Arrows Jet) flew at 450 KTS at low level thru mountains around Chino
> >California ( puked my pizza and root beer up) have the video tape! year
2000
> >Multiple F-16 Simulators ( Thales MLU, L3 Block 40 UTD, F-16 Block 50
> >Lockheed Martin- 1997 thru this year
> >EF-111A Raven AMP simulator at Cannon AFB the week before the sim was
> >decommisioned 1998
> >A-10 UTD simulator- multiple times since 1998
> >C-130 simulator ( same as above)
> >F/A-18 A/ C/ E simulators ( multiple places and models since 1998)
> >actually since its now my line of work the full up sims I have been privy
to
> >have flown, is almost countless.
> >
> >I have been a pilot of small aircraft since 1987 ( was in a plane crash
on
> >my second lesson!!!!!!!!) and I fly my fathers 2 airplanes almost every
> >weekend depending on weather.
> >And last but not least.. I spend countless hours dreaming in my own
personal
> >cockpits.
> >
> >I was lucky enough to have grown up in an Aviation household, as my
father
> >was a US NAVY fighter pilot and also a Captain for Delta Airlines ( which
is
> >how I scored all the flights in those foriegn airlines cockpits, I was an
> >exchange kid with other airlines families thru ALPA, and it let me get to
> >live in some cool places for the summer as well as fly in the cockpits
with
> >my friends fathers on my trips to and from those stays)
> >Since I work in the Flight Simulation world as my carrer, I constantly
use
> >my position to get into and fly different simulators either for fun (
cuase
> >I beg) or because its condusive to my job. Either way, dont think for a
> >second that I dont know how to wrangle my way into some cool stuff...and
> >always will.
> >
> >I expect a full report from you on the TEXAN II when you go off to fly it
> >Brain! That is a really cool plane, and it will be much more safe and
> >comfortable than a TWEET!
> >
> >Chris Woodul
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Brian Sikkema" <hangr18@hotmail.com>
> >To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> >Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 1:41 PM
> >Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Memory Lane....
> >
> >
> > > In light of these revelations, I'd like to read a short statement I've
> > > prepared:
> > >
> > > *clears throat*
> > >
> > > You SUCK!
> > >
> > >
> > > LOL, that would be so much fun, I think I'd have to wear a diaper to
the
> > > flight just in case. I love to give my dad grief about his obsession
with
> > > hoopalopters, but they are definitely cool. My first time flying,
ever, in
> > > anything, was in a Bell 47, and I'll never forget it...
> > >
> > > When I first got to school this year, just before classes started, I
was
> > > setting up my room and I heard a helicopter, nice and close. I ran out
and
> > > there was a Coast Guard Dauphin crawling along about 30 feet above the
> > > canal, just over a coast guard boat. They got to the middle of the
canal,
> > > and then practiced hauling people up in the basket. Very cool to
watch, I
> > > managed to get some decent pics, too. Fun stuff.
> > >
> > > Brian
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ----Original Message Follows----
> > > From: "Chris Woodul" <crewstation1@charter.net>
> > > Reply-To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> > > To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Memory Lane....
> > > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 13:19:10 -0600
> > >
> > > While in Jacksonville Florida at the SAFE show where I took my F-111F
> > > Cockpit ( sim) and some of my seat collection, I met some pilots from
the
> > > local sheriffs department. They wanted to sit in my Cockpit so I said,
> >"sure
> > > if you will let me go flying in your Helicopter" and the guy thought I
was
> > > serious ( I would have let him sit in the cockpit anyway) well long
story
> > > short they invited me and my freind Mike to come to the roofttop of
the
> > > downtown police station where they would come fly in and pick us up. I
had
> > > the funnest nite of my life getting 3 hours in the front left seat on
the
> > > first trip, and then  flying in the back for 3 hours in a second
> >helicopter
> > > while Mike sat up front for his "turn". I went on at least four police
> > > chases, got to operate the NITESUN spotlight while circling a
neighborhood
> > > for over an hour looking for some punk with an AK-47 who was hiding,
as
> >well
> > > as the pilot letting me fly the thing most of the non-tactical time. I
> >even
> > > got to fly along the beach at nite at 100 feet with the spotlight
shining
> >on
> > > the waves. On mikes flight we flew with the NVG goggles and did the
> >hunting
> > > that way. I am a fixed wing pilot, but I realy enjoyed getting to fly
in
> > > those helicopters that nite for over six hours total. ITs even more
fun
> >when
> > > you get to chase bad guys, that made it feel like some sort of combat.
The
> > > coolest thing was them letting us fly lot, and that they let me fly up
the
> > > river there and hover outside of the waterfront hotel area and then
take
> > > pictures. I took almost 100 pictures that nite! I am going back there
in a
> > > month or so to do it again, I cant wait!
> > >
> > > Chris W
> > >
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