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  #51  
Old 07-16-2010, 07:25 AM
n452cb n452cb is offline
 
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USAF 51-71 retired, 13,000+ hours
Aviation Cadet class 53A
T6-D,F,G,B-25,B-26,B-47,WB-47,WC-135B,O-2, & assorted others
Am I the only person willing to admit to flying the B-47, 1,422 hours?
Now a UFO (United Flying Octogenarians) as of 13 July 2010
Flying an RV-6.5 since 2003
Chuck
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Old 07-16-2010, 08:55 AM
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Default Fighter Pilot

USAFA Class of '64
Pilot Training, Laredo 66B, T37, T-33
UPT Flight Instructor, Laredo, T-33, T-38
Fighter Pilot F-4C, F-4D, F-4E
Air Liaison Officer, FT Bragg, O-2A
Sqdn Commander, 614TFS Torrejon, F-4D
Director, TAC, Langley AFB
DCS Operations, 13AF Clark AB, F-4E/F-4G
Retired Sept '92

Falcon Flight Formation Team, 1994-Pres
Formation Flying, Inc (FFI), 1999-Pres
Guinness World Record, Largest Civil Close Formation, 37-ship, AirVenture 09
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Old 07-16-2010, 09:05 AM
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55th ARRS Eglin AFB 24/7 alert. 1969-1973 world wide mobility
air rescue. 5-C130?s and 25 choppers. H3 H43 and H53.
engine mechanic primary. Volunteered for every flight mission. acquired 100's of flight hours! had a ball. Involved with rescue missions all over the world. The 55th trained Para-rescue outfits that would JUMP out of perfectly good aircraft! Strange breed of people! LOL. Currently building RV7 while flying a Citabria. the only regret is that my uniform has seemed to have shrunk A LOT!
Can't fit into it anymore! hum.
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Old 07-16-2010, 08:40 PM
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Default Born Navy but Air Force by Choice

My dad was a Naval Aviator and growing up that is all I wanted to do; but poor eyes ended those dreams in 6th grade. Later at College I hooked up with an ROTC detachment in MN and wanted to be around aviation on a regular basis, so I volunteered to "ride" on E-3's as a "Weapons Controller". I've been doing that pretty much ever since with both the active duty and Reserves; and I now have the distinction of being one of about five or six guys still flying who have "core" (ie. "A") model time in their log books. All that really means is that I've gotten pretty old I think...

I hope to get my RV-9A (w/Mazda rotary engine) flying next year if I can just get the stinkin sliding canopy knocked out once and for all! I failed miserably at that task two summers ago and ended up buying a new slider frame to start over. Hopefully this August will end with a better result.

I've always loved the Blue Angel paint job and I grew up watching them flying the F11F Tigers; so I'm planning on that paint job with a yellow "9" on the tail for my 9A. I am expecting a bunch of grief from my USAF Reserve buds, but it should make my dad smile when we go flying together .

Doug
90116; FWF / Canopy

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Old 07-16-2010, 09:59 PM
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Default Still Having Too Much Fun

T-38 FAIP Laughlin Class 86-03
B-52G/H's (DESERT STORM, Weapons School, Castle, Eaker, Minot)
HQ ACC
Eglin flying test at Barksdale
Pentagon
Eglin F-35 Site Activation - sim only
Now Columbus 14 FTW/CV and T-1 IP, plus get to fly the T-6 and T-38C
4100+ hours and counting

Marti asks "When are you going to retire? -- Ans, when it stops being fun"
Next generation's at USAFA, Class of '13

George Ross
Waiting too long to start building my RV dream since Oshkosh and Sun-n-Fun '91
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Old 07-17-2010, 09:58 PM
Jerry Kinman Jerry Kinman is offline
 
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Location: Fort Worth area
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Default Maybe not the oldest but close...

KC-135A, C-135A, VC-135B Included 5 years/200+ sorties (lost count after the 2nd hundred) passing gas all over SEA.
I salute you fighter jocks, especially the F-105 guys who used to stagger back sometimes bleeding JP4 from every tank (and the ones who didn't show up) from those trips north. You B-52 drivers hauling those 12 hour trips from Guam to the DMZ and back earned your flight pay too.
We could have really used these big-engine R Models hauling those max loads off those tropical runways back then. "Boomer, pass me a sandwich - I can finish it before rotation speed".
Peace time duties included navaids inspection flights around the 50 state area and hauling VIPs all over the Pacific-Asia theater.
Resigned from active duty to join an airline, found nothing but furlough lists. Joined FAA Flight Inspection unit in Tokyo, then OKC and DFW. Managed to put in 8+ years in TX ANG as ground pounder and 25 years in FAA. Retired from both in 2002 one week before my 60th birthday.
Completed RV8 Kit #271 17 months later. Having a ball.
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Keller, TX (T67)
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Old 08-02-2010, 08:39 PM
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Idaho Air National Guard
Avionics Technician - 1981
UNT class 83-08 (I think, it was a long time ago...), Mather AFB
RF-4C
C-130

More recently...
EMB Brasilia
Canadair Regional Jet

Soon..

RV-7 slider!
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RV-7 Complete,
Flies like a dream!

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Old 08-02-2010, 09:44 PM
Jartz Jartz is offline
 
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Default USAF Trained!

AFROTC FIP, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA Spring 1968 (Cessna 150)
UPT, Laredo AFB, TX, Class 70-02, September 1968-October 1969 (T-41, T-37, T-38)
Transition training, Altus AFB, OK, November 1969-January 1970 (C-141A)
41st MAS, Charleston AFB, SC, February 1970-August 1973 (C-141A CP, FP, AC, IP, FEAC)

John
today - light sport: 7AC Champ and J3 Cub

Stu, were you still instructing in T-38s at Laredo in April-October, 1969?
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Old 08-03-2010, 12:52 AM
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Default C-5A crew chief

60 OMS, 60 MAW, Travis AFB, CA
1979-1987

Now at SWA in DAL, Maint. Inspector
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Old 08-04-2010, 09:05 AM
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Default Guard Baby

-Air National Guard, 2006- Present: Aerial Porter (loading and unloading cargo and people), OIF vet. It's been a blast so far!

-Applying to Guard UPT boards in 2011, either Hercs or Hawgs.


(Yeah, the tuxedo shirt isn't exactly within regs, but it was a fun way to welcome our replacements when we pulled them off the plane. Plus, when you're AF on an Army base, you can get away with a lot, we found.)

I do have to question the title of the thread though. I thought the Navy had "aviators" and the AF had pilots.

Hopefully an RV-8 in my future!
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