What type of flying work do you do?
pleasure/time building
What types(s) do you fly?
Lately, a Cirrus SR20. Hoping to finish my commercial helicopter rating this year.
Previously, S300CB, S300C, MD500C/D, R22, R44, several fixed wingers.
Wishlist: Bell 47, S76, OH6, EC120, L-39 (jet)
Where?
San Jose, CA
Previous jobs?
same as now - sillycon valley engineering stuff
Military / ex-Military? (Which? What types?)
Nope. Too blind.
How long have you been flying?
simming since forever
Fixed wing since 1999
Helicopters since 2001, with just a few hours in 1983 before I ran out of $
Hours?
215-ish fixed
115-ish fling
Most Memorable?
1. in-flight emergency (engine problem) on my first pax-carrying flight in a C172 - with my wife. She'll never let me forget my uttering that famous aviation phrase - "oh sh*t".
2. flying an R44 from Salinas to Miramar NAS, and landing next to an F-117.
