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03-31-2020, 06:30 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Aurora, OR
Posts: 843
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CONGRATS DR! New Phenom type-rated SIM pilot!
It's on the front page, but especially wanted to post a HUGE CONGRATS to VAF founder and landlord Doug Reeves, who became the newest right-seat qualified Phenom 300 SIM pilot on Monday. He's ready to read your checklists for exploded engines, hydraulic failures and electrical gremlins.  Up next? 80 SIM sessions working with SIM clients and he can earn PIC in the jet!
Seriously, Doug works his butt off and this class was a crazy amount of info and fast paced. So cool to see him chasing these dreams, all of which started with an RV and grew from there. As he once said, "A chance meeting at a gas pump in 1995 changed my life forever, so... I’m the luckiest guy in the world."
Super happy for ya, DR -- Community icon, RV pilot *AND* Phenom 300 Supporting Crew Member (part time) -- Awesome!!
Hopefully he can get permission to post the photo of him in the SIM upon completion. We'll still call it an RV grin, no matter what seat he's sitting in.
[ed. I got permission to use this picture. This is a pretty tired me after landing in my S7 (sim #7), the last day of two weeks of ground school and sim hops. What an experience! I can't say enough about the instructors and training, and I'm looking forward to running the checklist for CAE clients a day or so a week down the road. I'm learning a LOT!!!! v/r,dr]

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03-31-2020, 06:52 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2019
Location: Florida
Posts: 9
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Quote:
'What's next? I think probably a multi-rating and then maybe a second in command rating in a buisiness jet. That could be a couple years from now.'
--Doug Reeves May 29, 2019 (307 Days ago)
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You may have underestimated yourself Doug. Congratulations!
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03-31-2020, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 2,791
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nice job. I remember when you were going after your instrument rating. keep pushing but I predict you will really like giving exams in the SIM.
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03-31-2020, 07:07 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Flower Mound, TX
Posts: 1,473
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It?s a very cool thing, Doug. Right seat qual?d, jetting into the (simulated) flight levels! Keep climbing, DR. 
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03-31-2020, 07:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2018
Location: San Diego
Posts: 403
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Congrats, DR.
I am proud of you; I am guessing that the process that you just went through exposed you to all sorts of emotions, sometimes from one extreme to the other, all on the same day. But you made it!!
Looking forward to seeing you at the training center when I'm through there in 6 - 8 more months.
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03-31-2020, 10:06 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2019
Location: Vaca Moo Airport - TA37 in East TEXAS
Posts: 1,331
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Congrats !!! The first checkride in the SIM is like your first Solo, you never forget them.
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04-02-2020, 03:28 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Highland Village, TX
Posts: 4,088
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Thank you!!! (picture)
Thank you for the kind words!!!
I got permission to use this picture. This is a pretty tired me after landing in my S7 (sim #7), the last day of two weeks of ground school and sim hops. What an experience! I can't say enough about the instructors and training, and I'm looking forward to running the checklists for CAE clients a day or so a week down the road. I'm learning a LOT.
Yours with motion ON,
dr ;^)

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- Part time: Supporting Crew Member CAE Embraer Phenom 300 (E55P) @ KDFW.
- Occasionally: Contract pilot (resume).
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04-02-2020, 08:11 PM
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VAF Moderator / Line Boy
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Dayton, NV
Posts: 12,256
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“Instructor Station, Crew Station - Ready for motion, ready for run!”
Enjoy there Dougie!
Iron
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04-04-2020, 08:09 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2016
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 121
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Congrats Doug! Our flight department had a Phenom 300 for a couple of years, that thing is an absolute rocket ship!
Straight to FL450, not too many civilian aircraft can do that!
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