Plane Nerds Thread

[CDN SS]

^^^^^ Great video, thanks for sharing.

[66olds442]

I "fly" with these most days of the week.

[monstertodd]

Originally Posted by 66olds442

I "fly" with these most days of the week.

Nice, I'm a UAV guy as well.


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[SteveRS]

Im going back to Virginia this summer I hope to go to Langley AFB and join the flight club there and start pursuing my Private Pilot License.. then I'm going to move forward form there.. I want to do the Airline thing then go into Cargo.. like those guys who fly the 747s to afghanistan and back doin supply runs.. Evergreen is the company

[yzrider58]

Originally Posted by SteveRS

Im going back to Virginia this summer I hope to go to Langley AFB and join the flight club there and start pursuing my Private Pilot License.. then I'm going to move forward form there.. I want to do the Airline thing then go into Cargo.. like those guys who fly the 747s to afghanistan and back doin supply runs.. Evergreen is the company

Evergreen is probably a good company to work for. They have a base just NW of Tucson in Marana AZ. I don't know anyone that works for them anymore. I knew a guy a few years ago who worked for them in maintenance. He quit because he maxed out his pay and wasn't moving up in the company.

Good luck and if you ever get hired and move out here, we have a great Camaro club to welcome you!

[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by 66olds442

I "fly" with these most days of the week.

Originally Posted by monstertodd

Nice, I'm a UAV guy as well.


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Keep up the good work guys. Anyone that is dedicated to expediting to introduction of those *&$%^@#!&*(%& to their maker is a friend of mine. Drinks are on me if we ever cross paths.

[boxmonkeyracing]

tell me about this bird

[monstertodd]

Originally Posted by yzrider58

Evergreen is probably a good company to work for. They have a base just NW of Tucson in Marana AZ. I don't know anyone that works for them anymore. I knew a guy a few years ago who worked for them in maintenance. He quit because he maxed out his pay and wasn't moving up in the company.

Good luck and if you ever get hired and move out here, we have a great Camaro club to welcome you!

Evergreen isn't the best company in the world to work for. They will run you hard, and put you away wet.

That being said, I know a few guys that are doing some REALLY cool stuff for them.

One friend of mine works for dyncorp. He was an H-60 driver in the army. Now he's a contract pilot flying old Russian Mi-8's and Mi-17's. My flippin dream job!


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[monstertodd]

Originally Posted by Apex Chase

Keep up the good work guys. Anyone that is dedicated to expediting to introduction of those *&$%^@#!&*(%& to their maker is a friend of mine. Drinks are on me if we ever cross paths.

Thanks Chase we appreciate that! My birds are reconaissance only unfortunately. But we do facilitate dropping bombs on mofos.


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[Apex Motorsports]

Originally Posted by boxmonkeyracing

tell me about this bird

Russian knockoff of an actually bad ass 'merican plane. The B1 does one awesome "show of force" fly by. The bad guys usually decide they don't want to fight anymore.

[66olds442]

Originally Posted by monstertodd

Nice, I'm a UAV guy as well.


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Awesome! What birds do you work with? Are you Navy?

Originally Posted by Apex Chase

Keep up the good work guys. Anyone that is dedicated to expediting to introduction of those *&$%^@#!&*(%& to their maker is a friend of mine. Drinks are on me if we ever cross paths.

Thanks, I work with Spec Op. birds so we target some of the worlds worst. Such as this SOB, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar_al-Awlaki

Originally Posted by boxmonkeyracing

tell me about this bird

TU-160 Blackjack, Russia's attempt to build a better supersonic, low level bomber to counter the B-1. Almost 20 years behind the B-1 in terms of technology and since the Soviets tried to build it bigger than the B-1 it is not a very well performing A/C. The B-1 is more of a tactical level asset because it primarily carries precision guided munitions, while the TU-160 typically carrys strategic level missiles. There are currently around 30 flying, so they are a rare sight to see.

[CamaroKid300]

Well I guess I'll post in here.

I'm currently a Sophomore at Auburn University majoring in Professional Flight. I'm 3 lessons away from taking my end of course test for my private license. I think I have roughly 40 hours under my belt and about 80 or so landings.

We only fly C172R during private but occasionally we get to jump into a S model.

Next semester I start instrument and I get to fly 172s equipped with G1000's...really excited about that.

[yzrider58]

Originally Posted by CamaroKid300

Well I guess I'll post in here.

I'm currently a Sophomore at Auburn University majoring in Professional Flight. I'm 3 lessons away from taking my end of course test for my private license. I think I have roughly 40 hours under my belt and about 80 or so landings.

We only fly C172R during private but occasionally we get to jump into a S model.

Next semester I start instrument and I get to fly 172s equipped with G1000's...really excited about that.

Awesome, we flew the 172S models at SDSU. You'll like the avionics package of the G1000. What are you going to do after school?

[CamaroKid300]

Originally Posted by yzrider58

Awesome, we flew the 172S models at SDSU. You'll like the avionics package of the G1000. What are you going to do after school?

Well, I'm not sure. Just get a flying job of some sorts. I guess I can't be too picky once I'm done since I'll still need to build hours.

I'd really like to fly corporate...so I'm trying to network as much as possible.