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Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
6th Apr 2005, 23:24
Replies: 8
Views: 1,177
Posted By MacGriffyn

Pan Am didn't go under, mate...but they are...

Pan Am didn't go under, mate...but they are leaving Ft. Pierce. They're moving the whole flight training academy to Arizona...they have three flight schools and they're downsizing the Ft. Pierce...
Forum: Military Aviation
26th Jul 2004, 17:22
Replies: 17
Views: 3,682
Posted By MacGriffyn

SAS, Man, I used to hear that back when I...

SAS,

Man, I used to hear that back when I first got started. It's a US military...uh...thing that the servicemen do to mess with officers. As I heard it:

-2LT- A gold bar; you are valuable,...
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Jul 2004, 06:01
Replies: 17
Views: 3,682
Posted By MacGriffyn

It has to do with the border of the insignia. It...

It has to do with the border of the insignia. It used to be that a LTC rank was the same color as the border of the epaulettes. Infantry was silver, and everything else was gold...except artillery,...
Forum: Rumours & News
20th Jul 2004, 07:38
Replies: 204
Views: 75,288
Posted By MacGriffyn

I flew military for almost a decade...it wasn't...

I flew military for almost a decade...it wasn't an F-16 or any type of fast, sexy fighter. Every plane I flew was big, slow, heavy, and ugly. I flew tired, sick, hungry, and shot up. Long...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Jul 2004, 06:49
Replies: 83
Views: 14,047
Posted By MacGriffyn

I'm with you, Nomad. We all like autopilot, and...

I'm with you, Nomad. We all like autopilot, and the technology makes it easier to navigate and control the AC in hairy situations. But as SLF, I just wouldn't feel comfortable with a machine making...
Forum: South Asia and Far East Wannabes
18th May 2004, 04:25
Replies: 5
Views: 1,870
Posted By MacGriffyn

Colour vision

Rockit,

I have a class one medical and I failed the Ishihara test. I failed the Ish test several...actually, a whole bunch of years ago when I took an eye test for the military. They gave me a...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
12th May 2004, 18:50
Replies: 8
Views: 995
Posted By MacGriffyn

Scratch your what...?

V-less,

I am presently a pilot working at a flight school and trying to acheive the same thing that you are. I also am a 12 year veteran of the U.S. Army. I was injured last year in the fighting...
Forum: Tech Log
12th May 2004, 17:29
Replies: 9
Views: 1,958
Posted By MacGriffyn

Looking for "True Ground Speed"

WK,

I'm looking in the FAR AIM 2004, every Jeppeson manual and handbook, and my own notes looking for true ground speed...I'm just not finding anything about it.

There's indicated airspeed,...
Forum: Aviation History and Nostalgia
7th Jun 2003, 22:17
Replies: 35
Views: 5,774
Posted By MacGriffyn

If the USA killed the Concorde from day 1, it...

If the USA killed the Concorde from day 1, it sure took a long 30+ years for the thing to die.

And I thought that it was BA and Air France maitenance woes that stopped the Concorde from flying. ...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Jun 2003, 13:36
Replies: 1
Views: 648
Posted By MacGriffyn

Pan Am Flight Schools

Has anyone ever dealt with or attended the Pan Am International Academies in Florida or Arizona? I'm looking to attend a school and I'm checking up on a few of them. I haven't heard anything...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
2nd Jun 2003, 05:16
Replies: 2
Views: 707
Posted By MacGriffyn

Career Progression

I am just beginning in the US airlline industry. After another year or more, I should be flying as a Regional airline f/o. I have heard from friends and family about how their times in the industry...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
1st Jun 2003, 02:33
Replies: 3
Views: 1,828
Posted By MacGriffyn

Sorry...yes...I mean to fly commercially. I...

Sorry...yes...I mean to fly commercially. I remember how outstanding the flights aboard Singapore airlines were, and I wanted to be one of the guys with the blue jackets up there on the flight deck...
Forum: Professional Pilot Training (includes ground studies)
31st May 2003, 18:11
Replies: 3
Views: 1,828
Posted By MacGriffyn

Expat pilots...

What are the rules for pilots trained in the U.S. to fly outside of the country?

I lived in germany for five years when I was in the army, lived in Singapore with my family when I was younger...I...
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