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    Famous (and infamous) people.. who are pilots

    Tom Cruise actually visited my workplace a while back and arrived in his P51 Mustang. He was here in relation to filming for the Top Gun Sequel. Somewhere I have pictures of him with his plane on arrival and him taxiing out for take-off when leaving. They kept it amazingly quiet that he was...
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    Extensions

    Does the FAA grant extensions in time allotted to get through the requested process and get the data back to them. My letter was dated Nov 13, arrived Nov 24 and gives me 60 days to do a laundry list of items for my Med III. Timing is everything, but this hits when we have a Thanksgiving...
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    Finally doing it..

    Update.... Got a big fat registered letter from the FA&A yesterday. No denial.... yet, but they did give me a laundry list of things I would have to comply with to be approved. Most are very doable, the one I hate the most is having to do a sleep study. The bigger challenge will be getting it...
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    737 hits bear during landing

    Many years ago I read the report for an F-16 that got wrote off for a pig strike.... busted off nose gear and bad things ensued after that....
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    Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis, while holding Class 3

    Every doctor will be different. I started out at 13.5 and brought it to the 7's without insulin or radical changes. I primarily took my oral meds and watched what I ate. My advice is don't let your family Doc steer this boat, get a good Endocrinologist early on. I floundered for two years with...
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    Finally doing it..

    After 34+ years in aviation business, a mere 58 years young and 30 years of wanting to fly, I finally decided I'm not getting any younger, and its not getting any cheaper, so there's never a better time to get started than today. I called up a CFI in August and got it going. I'm about 17 hours...
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