Where is Henning?

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I have not been around much lately, it seems Henning has gone and gotten himself banned. I actually looked at his recent posts and didn't see anything ban worthy, however those could have been deleted. That's a shame.
 
He may just be at work.
 
Again?

What's it take to get banned around here? Because I've watched guys say everything save "I'm going to kill you."
 
Again?

What's it take to get banned around here? Because I've watched guys say everything save "I'm going to kill you."

I can't figure it out either. He's largely backed off of some of his kookier geopoliticalfinancial ramblings, or at least they haven't been as evident to me recently, and I haven't noticed any off-the-chains pizzing contests involving him lately, so I'm puzzled.

He helps make the place interesting...
 
I can't figure it out either. He's largely backed off of some of his kookier geopoliticalfinancial ramblings, or at least they haven't been as evident to me recently, and I haven't noticed any off-the-chains pizzing contests involving him lately, so I'm puzzled.

He helps make the place interesting...


Has anyone actually ever met Henning?

I've wondered if he's a persona made up by some clever MC to boost traffic. Like a pen name. He's gotten away with murder sometimes calling everyone every name in the book.

His exploits are over the top, he get's banned, he comes back, his ideoligies are extraterrestrial. :dunno:
 
Has anyone actually ever met Henning?

I've wondered if he's a persona made up by some clever MC to boost traffic. Like a pen name. He's gotten away with murder sometimes calling everyone every name in the book.

His exploits are over the top, he get's banned, he comes back, his ideoligies are extraterrestrial. :dunno:

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Given the number of posts/day that Henning made, is it unreasonable to think that there might have been more than one person posting under that name?
 
Given the number of posts/day that Henning made, is it unreasonable to think that there might have been more than one person posting under that name?

Ah...a conspiracy theory surrounding Henning....now, is THAT irony?
 
The Chinese are involved somehow I suspect.
 
Given the number of posts/day that Henning made, is it unreasonable to think that there might have been more than one person posting under that name?

Nah...he was just that bored. It'll likely be a long time before someone else tops 60,000 posts like Henning had. Even Ron, who was quite a prolific poster, only had 30k ish before he threw his hissy fit and stomped out of the sandbox.

Even Nate has only 28,000...but I'd bet that Nate has typed twice as many words here as Henning...hell, maybe four times! :goofy:
 
Norm,

I'm pretty sure people who have merely been suspended don't show up in the member list either. I don't recall if their profile says suspended or banned or what when that happens. I'd speculated that this one is permanent though only because of how many times he's been slapped. But that's purely speculation.
 
Someone has to drive the sleigh and deliver the presents. :)
 
Has anyone actually ever met Henning?

I've wondered if he's a persona made up by some clever MC to boost traffic. Like a pen name. He's gotten away with murder sometimes calling everyone every name in the book.

His exploits are over the top, he get's banned, he comes back, his ideoligies are extraterrestrial. :dunno:

I've met him a couple times. Oshkosh and when he stopped in St. Augustine with someone's yacht.
 
His exploits are over the top, he get's banned, he comes back, his ideoligies are extraterrestrial. :dunno:

Here's a short list of his exploits...

Hennings short list from 2005…

Auto mechanic/ race car wrench
Used Car Salesman (sold first car when I was 12)
Machinist/Fabricator/Welder
Rail Inspector/ NDT (Sperry Rail Service)
(edit) Strip club Bartender
Photographer
Photo lab tech/ Custom Color Printer
Construction Worker/Supervisor
Deckhand sailor
Captain
Aircraft Mechanic
Crane Operator
Diver (although Mel Fisher didn't really pay, but you got a bit of booty at the end of the year)
Pilot
Project Manager
Boat Builder

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=352993

Some of those may be repeated below…

Flew for regional airlines

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=227530

Landed a Duke after bending a spar

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=112049
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=746914

Fled Haiti with a Barge and some its dock while under fire

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128136

Dove on the Lusitania

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1398875

Flew a bent diver at 25’ AGL from the Bahamas

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1204700

Divemaster

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=944630

Rescued all passengers and crew from a helo and salvaged it.

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=942346
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=393328

Raced motorcycles and three wheelers

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=923950
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11014424

Operate all forms of machines designed in the name of mass in motion

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=986683

Strip club bartender

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=353000

Crop Duster

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437194
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437499
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=976300

Flew 5 gallon water jugs from Pompano to Homestead after hurricane Andrew

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146

Insurance adjuster (for at least four companies)

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1397714
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952

Survived two major earthquakes

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128118

Expert witness

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952

Knew Sam Walton

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1311387

Car Repo Man

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1315856
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424

Truck driver

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=821333

Father was a shrink

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1316142

Computer maker

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29666
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10795386

At the helm while porn was being filmed

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29686

Used car salesman and sold his first used car at the age of 12

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=533411
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=906113
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10911554
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424


Got knocked on the ground by an explosion near a nuke weapons storage area

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663

Ran Balboa Boat Rental in Newport Beach

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55650

Lived as a kept man in Moscow

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24462

On a boat in New Orleans that exploded and killed two fire fighters

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=542705

Aerial Firefighting

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=16112

Asked to dilute the Menanite gene pool in Canada

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=123067

Pipeline Patrol

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=672270
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10936041

Railroad engineer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=749798

Possibly did his girlfriend’s mom

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=289937

Took bullets while doing T&Gs in a 152 during a riot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=93633
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663

A relative designed the A-4
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=755913

****ed on his divemaster

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=769350

Proofreader

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781309

Had a wing on fire

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782466

Had a bull take out a tailgate on a truck

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782901

Knows more about blimps than a blimp pilot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781997

Knows how to get 192 proof liquor

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10785290

Writer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786074

Came up with regenerative braking on cars in the 8th grade

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786392

Damaged at least 100 engines

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786764

Ordained minister

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786748

Butcher

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10788706

Mile high while standing on a helicopter skid

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792417

Horse owner

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792662

Goat rancher

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10796669
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10973576

Field service for computers

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10844579

Worked with some sort of radiation sniffing helicopter

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10910303

Animal surgery

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10916013

Photo recovery

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10918946

Demo pilot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10929320

Arrested for running across the street, got officer fired

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=961710

Towed other boats with a sail boat

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10947878
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10948204

Wreck cleaner

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10984271

Dated a gal from the Honor Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10986299

Professional Photographer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11039820

Got signed off for private pilot with less than 40 hours

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11051584

Flew a 777 sim

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11086977

Delivered travel trailers and fifth wheels

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11087398

Drove to school in the 8th grade

www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088030

Can live off of Ensure

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088838

Made gun parts as a teenager

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1970149
 
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:rofl: Well done, Andy!
 
I've had lunch with him on two separate occasions. The last time was the day before he headed to OSH for the fateful gear up landing.
 
I would normally be at the front of the line screaming BS but the dude is correct about a lot of stuff. IE: The last example about suppressors is 100% correct. I'm leaning very hard towards multiple users sharing a screen name.
 
I'm friends with him on Facebook and he seems to be one dude
 
Actually, all that seems totally legit for a childless non married man with an inclination for traveling and part time expat living. The dude is the dos equis guy. I kinda live vicariously through the guys exploits, even if in real life some of his accounts are probably closer to 10% truth accounts.

Beats spending all your money on what an entitled woman tells you to, asking permission to spend your own money like a chump all the days of your life with a tired idle threat of divorce and child support looming over you head. Prison walls are made of such choices.

Here's to the legend gracing us with his presence once again.
 
If he is indeed banned now, that's too bad. While I don't agree with some of his ideas, I always looked forward to his posts.
 
Actually, all that seems totally legit for a childless non married man with an inclination for traveling and part time expat living. The dude is the dos equis guy. I kinda live vicariously through the guys exploits, even if in real life some of his accounts are probably closer to 10% truth accounts.

Beats spending all your money on what an entitled woman tells you to, asking permission to spend your own money like a chump all the days of your life with a tired idle threat of divorce and child support looming over you head. Prison walls are made of such choices.

Here's to the legend gracing us with his presence once again.

:yeahthat:
 
Obviously some of Henning's stuff seems way way over the top; I envision him using Wikipedia and Google to whip up some of his omniscience but yeah, I agree with Hindsight's sentiment above.

There is no one I can think of that didn't (or doesn't) add some sort of value to this site with their participation.
 
Here's my favorite recent exchange with Henning from the Barry Seal thread. I think it sums him up nicely:

I met Barry Seal on several occasions at the airport in Mena, I was offered an airplane and $40k a trip to start every time we met.:lol:

So you were a world traveler and a pilot when you were a teenager? :rolleyes2:

Early 20s as a pilot, world traveler started as a small child.

Whatever, he was dead When you were 20.

No, he died when I was 21, I was in and out of Mena several times that year.

So...

Even the birthdate you list here is fictitious?

Henning's Birthday is Aug 5, 1965, Barry Seal died on Feb 19, 1986, well before Henning turned 21. Seal was outed by the Washington Post and Wall St. Journal in 1984 articles so I'm confident that he wasn't hanging around Mena much after that.
 
Here's a short list of his exploits...



Hennings short list from 2005…



Auto mechanic/ race car wrench

Used Car Salesman (sold first car when I was 12)

Machinist/Fabricator/Welder

Rail Inspector/ NDT (Sperry Rail Service)

(edit) Strip club Bartender

Photographer

Photo lab tech/ Custom Color Printer

Construction Worker/Supervisor

Deckhand sailor

Captain

Aircraft Mechanic

Crane Operator

Diver (although Mel Fisher didn't really pay, but you got a bit of booty at the end of the year)

Pilot

Project Manager

Boat Builder



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=352993



Some of those may be repeated below…



Flew for regional airlines



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=227530



Landed a Duke after bending a spar



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=112049

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=746914



Fled Haiti with a Barge and some its dock while under fire



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128136



Dove on the Lusitania



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1398875



Flew a bent diver at 25’ AGL from the Bahamas



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1204700



Divemaster



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=944630



Rescued all passengers and crew from a helo and salvaged it.



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=942346

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=393328



Raced motorcycles and three wheelers



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=923950

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11014424



Operate all forms of machines designed in the name of mass in motion



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=986683



Strip club bartender



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=353000



Crop Duster



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437194

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437499

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=976300



Flew 5 gallon water jugs from Pompano to Homestead after hurricane Andrew



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146



Insurance adjuster (for at least four companies)



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1397714

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952



Survived two major earthquakes



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128118



Expert witness



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952



Knew Sam Walton



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1311387



Car Repo Man



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1315856

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424



Truck driver



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=821333



Father was a shrink



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1316142



Computer maker



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29666

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10795386



At the helm while porn was being filmed



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29686



Used car salesman and sold his first used car at the age of 12



http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=533411

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=906113

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10911554

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424





Got knocked on the ground by an explosion near a nuke weapons storage area



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663



Ran Balboa Boat Rental in Newport Beach



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55650



Lived as a kept man in Moscow



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24462



On a boat in New Orleans that exploded and killed two fire fighters



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=542705



Aerial Firefighting



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=16112



Asked to dilute the Menanite gene pool in Canada



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=123067



Pipeline Patrol



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=672270

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10936041



Railroad engineer



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=749798



Possibly did his girlfriend’s mom



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=289937



Took bullets while doing T&Gs in a 152 during a riot



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=93633

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663



A relative designed the A-4

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=755913



****ed on his divemaster



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=769350



Proofreader



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781309



Had a wing on fire



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782466



Had a bull take out a tailgate on a truck



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782901



Knows more about blimps than a blimp pilot



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781997



Knows how to get 192 proof liquor



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10785290



Writer



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786074



Came up with regenerative braking on cars in the 8th grade



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786392



Damaged at least 100 engines



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786764



Ordained minister



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786748



Butcher



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10788706



Mile high while standing on a helicopter skid



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792417



Horse owner



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792662



Goat rancher



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10796669

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10973576



Field service for computers



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10844579



Worked with some sort of radiation sniffing helicopter



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10910303



Animal surgery



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10916013



Photo recovery



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10918946



Demo pilot



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10929320



Arrested for running across the street, got officer fired



http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=961710



Towed other boats with a sail boat



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10947878

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10948204



Wreck cleaner



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10984271



Dated a gal from the Honor Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10986299



Professional Photographer



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11039820



Got signed off for private pilot with less than 40 hours



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11051584



Flew a 777 sim



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11086977



Delivered travel trailers and fifth wheels



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11087398



Drove to school in the 8th grade



www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088030



Can live off of Ensure



http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088838



Made gun parts as a teenager



http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1970149


Mods, please make this a sticky. :)
 
Some days, I think Henning is where Clive Cussler got his inspiration for Some of his protagonists.
 
There is no one I can think of that didn't (or doesn't) add some sort of value to this site with their participation.

I agree with you except that Henning disseminated a LOT of bad information here pretending to be the expert on almost every topic raised. "Information" that could potentially get someone hurt if they followed his advice. Aviation, along with many other topics discussed here, are too serious of businesses to have misinformation gurus such as Henning polluting the stream of good knowledge.

I for one will not mourn his departure.
 
Here's my favorite recent exchange with Henning from the Barry Seal thread. I think it sums him up nicely:

Henning's Birthday is Aug 5, 1965, Barry Seal died on Feb 19, 1986, well before Henning turned 21. Seal was outed by the Washington Post and Wall St. Journal in 1984 articles so I'm confident that he wasn't hanging around Mena much after that.

And since henning (by his own admission) didn't start flying until he was 20, it's kind of hard to believe a notorious person such as Seal (who was a fairly bright guy) was hanging around an airport and offering strangers money and airplanes to fly drugs, much less a stranger who at best, was a student pilot at the time.

And you are correct, beginning in 1984 Seal's activity was pretty much over in Mena.

Maybe henning was the inspiration of the Geico commercial (When you are a fisherman, you tell tall tales, that's what you do) ?
 
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