Any pilots?

[krush]

Are there any pilots (mean airplane, but boat pilot's probably make more money hahah)...private or commerical? Just curious to see if anyboy flies. I have my private and about 100hours...joined a club down at school 2 years ago and will be working instrument ticket this year.

[Pascal]

i put flying on hold about 12 years ago.. cant' do it all :-( commercial/instrument/multi with about 1300 hours... used to have an Aztec when i lived on St Barths in the Carib.

[MikeP]

Commercial Helicopter...

(Never trust an aircraft that can't land in it's own length)

[Dustoff44]

Commercial B756 driver also former Army Aviator

[krush]

used to have an Aztec when i lived on St Barths in the Carib.

St Barths with the crazy runway that you can't go around on lest you run into a mountain? A friend flew down there a few months ago for vacation and said he had to pick up an instructor to learn how to land there. His twin comanche was down so he took the clubs cardinal RG lol ballzy

[Pascal]

crazy yes... but you can go around when landing eastbound coming in over the hill facing the prevailing winds. the problem is stopping before you end up on the beach or in the water :-) rwy is 2000' long and slightly dowhill... no go around is when winds are calm and you come in from the sea, facing the 100' hill on the other side...

it gets interesting when the winds shift a little to the north, you get some fairly strong downdrafts on final... strong as in full-power-not-to-sink-below-the-hill in a not so underpowered Aztec :-)

yes, you need a special runway rating to land there, i got mine in a Cardinal... some planes are not well suited to that airport... barons, senecas for instance are not ideal... the aztec on the other hand was great... on a good day (and knowing we were going to change the tires and pads soon anyway) i could get the taxiway 2/3 down the rwy. :-) pulling the flaps up while flaring to save 100' was pretty standard.

[mike41tc]

I have commercial, with multi eng. & instr. ratings with about 750 hours. I haven't been current in about 8 - 9 years.(marriage, kids, divorce, etc.) Maybe soon I can afford it again.
Mike.

[Mike36c]

ATP/CFII/MEI land and sea with types in Challengers and Gulfstreams, currently flying a G-IVSP for a rich guy. Plans for a G-550 next year. I own a Cherokee 180 which carries us to the Bahamas, we keep the boat there for the summer. And MikeP, helicopters don't fly, they beat the air into submission!

[crosswind]

Are there any pilots (mean airplane, but boat pilot's probably make more money hahah)...private or commerical? Just curious to see if anyboy flies. I have my private and about 100hours...joined a club down at school 2 years ago and will be working instrument ticket this year.

I have my private and instrument and own a F33A bonanza

[krush]

This is an old thread....I haven't flown since 2009 (unless one counts powered paragliding). Want to get back in to it, but do-gooders and nanny state make it cost prohibitive for middle/upper-middle class humans. Funny, guys that do exact same profession I do 30 years ago owned their own planes and flew around site to site.