I broke the 10 grand mark today. I'm not bragging, there's a lot of folks out there plenty more hours than than that. Just thought it would be a cool time to reflect on and share some highlights.
Some random stats:
- 75 different types
- 278 different airplanes
- 4 airplanes flown under 2 different tail numbers.
- Flown 5 airplanes that I know of that later crashed. (3 fatal, 2 just minor injuries)
- Flown 7 airplanes older than me (I'm a 1965 model)
- 40 states
- 8 foreign countries
Notable Passengers:
- some lady whose husband was running for President, around New Hampshire during the primaries. He won. Oh yeah, she almost became President too.
-some guy who sings the song Margaritaville, and a few others.
- a quarterback who got his leg snapped on Monday Night Football
- two State Governors
- an Oscar nominated actor
- the last man to walk on the Moon
Other Highlights and Memories:
- taken every member of my immediate family for a flight, as well as countless other friends
- took my then 86 year old grandmother for her first and only airplane ride. (She was afraid to move around because she thought it would tip like a canoe.
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- the Hudson River corridor several times
- many flights to Block Island, Nantucket, Martha's Vinyard (so cool to land on the grass at Katama and walk across the street to the beach.
- taking my wife and daughter to Kitty Hawk
- flying down to Florida to watch the last launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
- a year later flying up to Washington D.C. watch Discovery being delivered to the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum
- anywhere in the Caribbean
- a few Cuban overflights (hope to actually land there soon)
- flying into Haiti two months after the earthquake
- seeing the Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Devil's Tower, St Louis Arch, Niagara Falls, Kennedy Space Center, Old Faithful
- flying to Oshkosh to camp out with 10,000 other airplane nuts
- sharing my love of flying with students over the years. I still teach, not because I have to, but because I want to.
Too many other things to share. Overall, I've been pretty fortunate. Even having to sit out a year over a medical issue, I have the FAA to thank for saving my life on that one. (Still legally logged 65 hours during that year). Hoping I have many more hours ahead of me.
(If you are still reading this, thank you.)
Some random stats:
- 75 different types
- 278 different airplanes
- 4 airplanes flown under 2 different tail numbers.
- Flown 5 airplanes that I know of that later crashed. (3 fatal, 2 just minor injuries)
- Flown 7 airplanes older than me (I'm a 1965 model)
- 40 states
- 8 foreign countries
Notable Passengers:
- some lady whose husband was running for President, around New Hampshire during the primaries. He won. Oh yeah, she almost became President too.
-some guy who sings the song Margaritaville, and a few others.
- a quarterback who got his leg snapped on Monday Night Football
- two State Governors
- an Oscar nominated actor
- the last man to walk on the Moon
Other Highlights and Memories:
- taken every member of my immediate family for a flight, as well as countless other friends
- took my then 86 year old grandmother for her first and only airplane ride. (She was afraid to move around because she thought it would tip like a canoe.
)- the Hudson River corridor several times
- many flights to Block Island, Nantucket, Martha's Vinyard (so cool to land on the grass at Katama and walk across the street to the beach.
- taking my wife and daughter to Kitty Hawk
- flying down to Florida to watch the last launch of Space Shuttle Discovery
- a year later flying up to Washington D.C. watch Discovery being delivered to the Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum
- anywhere in the Caribbean
- a few Cuban overflights (hope to actually land there soon)
- flying into Haiti two months after the earthquake
- seeing the Rocky Mountains, Grand Canyon, Mount Rushmore, Devil's Tower, St Louis Arch, Niagara Falls, Kennedy Space Center, Old Faithful
- flying to Oshkosh to camp out with 10,000 other airplane nuts
- sharing my love of flying with students over the years. I still teach, not because I have to, but because I want to.
Too many other things to share. Overall, I've been pretty fortunate. Even having to sit out a year over a medical issue, I have the FAA to thank for saving my life on that one. (Still legally logged 65 hours during that year). Hoping I have many more hours ahead of me.
(If you are still reading this, thank you.)
