[simpits-tech] Memory Lane....

[Chris Woodul]

I am all for moving over there! I want to try that "FLY BY WIRE" thing in
that canyon that I have seen on TV. Those same KIWIs came to the DFW area
and built a series of towers and opend a business of letting people come fly
them. I went and did it and it was a blast.ON the bad side though some
neighbors of the place complained about the noise and it had to shut down
which really sux. Now I want to come do the big one which was the original
there in that valley between the two mountin peaks.
PS I still have to send your Escapac parts and Genes Airspeed indicator (
since I knew you both would ask!)

: )
Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "John P. Miguez" <jmiguez@bellsouth.net>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Memory Lane....


> 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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