Ari Ben AVIATOR, Addison, TX

[KADS]

I was just thinking that by now there must be loads of you ex-AVIATORS out there. Would be fun to get in contact with you and see where y'all ended up. Any of you out there?

[old-timer]

not an ex Ari Ben type,

but I flew form there in 1992 as part of
an epic X country...
addison - lubbock - palm springs - bakersfield - san jose - bishop -
McCarran - double eagle 2 - amarillo-
albaquerque - & addison....

visited aero mech ..now gone...
got a frre flight too from them :-)

addison is a cool field to fly from,
the best bit was Ce 310 flying from
stramel aviation (hedrick beechcraft based)

WONDERFUL WONDERFUL MEMORIES :-)

Hooters was cool too !!! :-)


cheers



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[KADS]

Yeah, great memories, aren't they?

But am I wrong? Are there so few ex-aviators out there? There's gotto be more of you? C´mon.... :)

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[Captain Airclues]

I flew out of Addison a couple of weeeks ago;

Addison - Alexandria - Hattisburg - Mobile- Tallahassee - Zephyrhills - Lakeland - Venice - Winter Haven - Tallahassee - Panama City - Pensacola - Fairhope - Hammond - Alexandria - Natchitoches - Addison

Lovely C172 from 'Classic Aviation' Addison.

Airclues

[old-timer]

Is Hedrick Beechcraft still at Addison ?
(stramel aviation based there)

I flew PA-28 N6390J if it'sstill there ?
(lovley yellow & white scheme, with a blue cheat line)

TX is a friendly place...but its so big !!!
those circular irrigation set ups on crop fields were intersting, also, the route outbound dodging the big boys....

enjoy,




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[CFIT]

How is HOOTERS nerby Addison Airport? Lots of great memories there.

[flite idol]

Old-Timer if you are refering to Dan Stramel of Stramel aviation, (part135 c-310`s) when last heard of he was a 777 sim instructor for American Airlines at the flight academy near DFW.

[pilot18]

We are a bunch of ex-aviators from sweden, "the swedes", that keep track of each other. Most of us have done good.
But it would be cool to get in touch with others.

[old-timer]

Yes, the very same Dan Stramel....
he had a good operation going at Hedrick,
does he still run it with his new 777 job ?

CFIT... ref' hOOters.....
yes, I remeber it well ;-)
top place... top girls ;-)
enjoy !!!

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[PrettyBoy]

I'm one of the many swedes who got my ATP there. Only spent a week there but was treated real nice. Good outfit!!

Joakim (chef instructor then), jag har tappat ditt nummer & adress. skriv en rad om du laser det har).

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[PrettyBoy]

Where did my e-mail adress go?

Ahh, there it is. I spoke too soon!

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[KADS]

Jocke is flying 717 at Airtran nowadays. Send me an E-mail and I'll try to find his number. (Got it somewhere....)
Good to see so many happy "old Aviators" out there!!!

[Swedish pilot]

Was there a month in early spring -97 just to timebuild on their duchesses. I think it was a good place to fly at.
Still struggling to get a job though. Maybe I should go there again to get some more hrs.
I believe that they have moved to somewhere in florida now.

[pogop]

I was at Agrivator from '96 to '98.
Am now flying 757/767 for BAL.
Very fond memories of Addison and all the guys and gals I met there. Can't wait to go back and and re-live old times. Can't afford the fare out there at the moment so just have to make do with flying out of ADS on Flight Simulator!
Another fellow Brit who was there at the same time as me is also with BAL.

[aztruck]

i did my US IR there a few years back and then flew the Navajo...N112AG? for a while. Anyone remember Al Avellino? I was back there a couple of times recently and it all looks a bit desolate, a couple of hulks and a very sad navajo rotting in the sun.
They have moved to florida, must look them up sometime.

[knows]

I did my PPl there in 91.
Do any of the US Guys know where Mike Zang is? (His father was a Continental Captain at the time).
Are TJ and Mike Cohen in Florida?

[Honest Frank]

Does anyone know if Flight Tech at Town & Country Airfield (just south of Lubbock, Texas) are still there?????????

[Dutchman]

Aviator moved to Florida end '98, Fort Pierce to be exact. TJ is still at the helm running things. Heard it wasn't going to good with them anymore, not enough students and still all the same old planes. Think TJ is still trying to find some Tiwanees students somewhere. I was at Aviator from 97 to 98 just before they moved, along with a bunch of other Dutch students (stayed in Bent tree oaks. Later spent some time flying 135 cargo for GTA out of Dallas Love. Alot of fun times out there with all the other European students lounging at the pool and evenings spent at the Londoner. Hope the lot of you ended up all right.