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Old 01-14-2012, 08:27 PM
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Once again, I feel like the underachiever in this group....

For 11 years, I fixed and flew on these:





Then I got my A&P, and work on these (among others):









I also joined the Air Force Reserve, and do this a few times a month:




Hopefully, at some point I'll have enough time/money to go from RV dreaming to rivet-pounding...........
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Old 01-14-2012, 10:37 PM
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I blog and go places and write about the things I see.



I talk to people and ask them about their lives and the jobs they do, then I write about them.

Sometimes I spend the day with people DOING their jobs...



... and I write about that.

I don't really do much other than write, and think about what else I could be doing for a living.
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Old 01-15-2012, 06:33 AM
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Sitting in the left seat of the most beautiful aircraft in the world!
I guess I have to change my username ;-)
Picture made by my son when I returned at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport.

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Old 01-15-2012, 07:17 AM
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It's not aviation related, but it's still a very fun job:



As a part of a fortune 400 company I help leverage technology to achieve the business' goals. Sometimes it looks a bit like this:



Ken Peck
RV-10 - tail cone in progress
Deland, FL
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Old 01-15-2012, 12:58 PM
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Default Forensic Engineer

The overwhelmingly common thread is the excitement most of you have for your jobs. While your job may not hold the same interest for me and vice versa, your enthusiasm is absolutely CAVU.

After 24+ years of design, test and development work in the auto/truck transportation industries, I have been blessed to be self-employed as a forensic engineer for the past 17+ years. Which means that I am tasked with figuring out what happened after the fact using the Laws of Physics and Engineering Science. 85+% of what I do is motor vehicle accident investigation. Cars v. cars, cars v. trucks, cars v. motorcycles, cars v. peds, etc, etc.

For the train drivers out there, I have even done a number of RR grade crossing collisions. Guess who wins?

From my perspective, every job is different and I look forward to going to work every day.

Sometimes I get jobs with so little information, I initially think that I won't be able to determine what happened. After I let things percolate in "background" for a while, I often figure out an analytical means that works.

More recently I have become involved using computer animation to illustrate my opinions. It is pretty cool to be able to put a camera at the driver's eye location to show what he could or couldn't have seen.

Like many self-employed people, business is a cyclical roller coaster, which has made it difficult to make progress on the RV-7 I'm (mostly not) building. Either I have an overwhelming amount of work and no time for RV-7 construction, or not enough work and I'm worried about spending money on the -7 and I'm spending the down time trying to dredge up paying work.

Until last year I thought I had a recession-proof job. People crash their cars regardless of the economy, right? But, I learned that was not necessarily the case the first 6 months of 2011. At this time, I will probably put off working on the -7 until I see if I can semi-retire in 3+ years.

I hope more of you will submit. It has been fascinating reading.

Larry Tompkins
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-7 tail and wings complete QB fuselage not started
W52 Battle Ground, WA
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Old 01-15-2012, 02:03 PM
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if you have flown behind a jet engine then we helped you get there. rated #3 in the world by our peers twin manufacturing co is a top MRO.

Twin Manufacturing Co., Inc., an aerospace company, engages in gas turbine engine component repair. It overhauls components and assemblies, including cases, supports, bearing housings, heatshields, carbon seals, bleed valves, spacers, and air seals.

there you have it. pics of a few of our big machines.


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Old 01-15-2012, 07:22 PM
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Just another day at the office as a Paramedic....



I do have a pretty awesome job but hoping to make the leap into full time aviation someday soon :-)

^^^ btw... to this day I don't understand how that Mercedes "tank" was sliced cleanly in half by a Saturn doing 100+
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Old 01-15-2012, 07:35 PM
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I'm guessing the plastic Saturn didn't fare quite as well.

That'll buff right out.
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Old 01-15-2012, 07:38 PM
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i own a company that audits, installs, upgrades, and harvest cellular site equipment.
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Old 01-15-2012, 07:43 PM
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I am a pizza cook to pay for the gas to and from the airport and lunch for whoever I bum a ride off of. And it puts money in my savings account so I can move up to bigger and better things...
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