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10-25-2013, 11:05 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Is the picture in your post from Lajes? Looks familiar but I hauled a lot of P-3 crews around to most of the places they went.
Because I couldn't pass the first class medical but could pass the third class medical I rode sideways for a long time on C-141's in the USAFR. Flight Engineers usually knew more stuff about their aircraft than the pilots. Pilots were the drivers but the engineers really owned the jet when it left home station.
In response to a related thread about talking to your aircraft. Yes, as I grapped my bags and headed to the crew bus there was always a quick thanks for a safe flight.
Working P-8 now. Going to be an interesting ship.
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10-25-2013, 07:42 PM
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P-8?!?!?
Hey- the one of 316 I think may be Lajes. I stole that picture from a freind since I don't have too many EP-3E pictures. They get all bothered when we take pictures of it, tho I assure you there is nothing classified about the picture or location, this time.
I love Center Seat, it really is an awesome place to learn EVERYTHING about this airplane (P-3 series), but learning the back end gear is another story... Thats what the Tech is for
The P-8A is specifically what is pushing me out of a job now, but I won't hold that against you! haha joking. I am hoping I can ride out P-3s for a few more years, by then (when I do OCS) I will have a good chance of flying the P-8A, which will pretty cool.
Thanks, and best of luck with the Poseidon!
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Constantly Moving...
Lumbering around in a King Air 90 wishing I was flying an RV 
Waiting to pull the trigger on an RV-14
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03-31-2014, 07:21 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Prescott, AZ
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]Hey, part of my day job was go to to an aging aircraft conference there. That balcony provides great views of Seahawks and Super Hornets! Especially while eating a great free lunch with 1000 other airplane nerds! Nice work, it's a great hotel.
Just stayed there too. Nice work !!
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03-31-2014, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Macon, GA
Posts: 499
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Originally Posted by NavyIBNFE
Hey- the one of 316 I think may be Lajes. I stole that picture from a freind since I don't have too many EP-3E pictures. They get all bothered when we take pictures of it, tho I assure you there is nothing classified about the picture or location, this time.
I love Center Seat, it really is an awesome place to learn EVERYTHING about this airplane (P-3 series), but learning the back end gear is another story... Thats what the Tech is for
The P-8A is specifically what is pushing me out of a job now, but I won't hold that against you! haha joking. I am hoping I can ride out P-3s for a few more years, by then (when I do OCS) I will have a good chance of flying the P-8A, which will pretty cool.
Thanks, and best of luck with the Poseidon!
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A late reply to NavyIBNFE, but I just wanted to say I have a great deal of respect for flight engineers after spending a couple days banging around the pattern with a really good one on a C-130 (ok, the whole flight crew was really good) at Little Rock AFB....I assume they Navy ones are even better!
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03-31-2014, 09:27 PM
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Join Date: May 2013
Location: Mount Vernon, Wa
Posts: 643
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I both like and hate these kinds of threads!
Love to see what everyone else does for a living. Hate that I really don't have a cool or fun job anymore, ...just one that pays the bills.
This is me from the good 'ole days. I was a stewardess/lifeguard /mechanic/load master/line boy on these ugly things for a few years (phrogs and Hueys at one time or another):
Then, I worked as an avionics tech here:
But that gig ended a couple of days after the twin towers came down and the bigs started parking jets, and deferring maintenance.
Its ok though, the pay sucked, and there was no chance of moving up.
My bachelor's degree and 20+years of aviation maintenance experience were not getting me a paying gig. So, I swallowed my pride and went back to school to get credentialed in a field that was hiring, ....and paying very well.
Now, I get to see people on what is one of the worst (if not THE WORST) days of their lives. In fact, sitting here, I get to see way more than I want to.
My job is not fun. But, it pays the bills. And, soon enough, I'll be free to do what ever I want and pay myself to do it:
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Mount Vernon, WA
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03-31-2014, 11:15 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: San Diego, CA
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I would like to think that you have also discovered things in time for them to be healed. That must be a good feeling!! 
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01-20-2015, 05:22 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: San Diego, Ca
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Stumbled across this thread today..... Thought I'd post some pics... I definitely don't have anything that compares to some other people.. nothing involving flying really fast things during the day...
What I do do is high end Audio/Video and Automation systems. I own my own company called A/V Consulting. Been pretty lucky to work completely off referrals... Designing and wiring BIG A/V systems and racks certainly is helping with the wiring and electrical design of the plane...
Here' a few Racks. As you can see, my guys and I are pretty picky about the wiring...

The back
Different system... No Equipment besides the displays and speakers in the rest of this 10k sq ft house.
The phone guys made a little bit of a mess of the left side of this one.. I did clean it up after this pic...
This is a theater I just finished... 12ft wide masking curved anamorphic screen (It changes from HDTV Shape, to what you see here so you never get the black bars for widescreen movies..)

And yes.... Caddyshack just happened to be on Cable.... Had to spend 30 minutes or so watching... ahem... I mean calibrating...

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RV-10 N265WD
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BPE IO-540, FULL EFII
KMYF, San Diego, Ca.
KEOS, Neosho, MO
Crew Chief
Grove Aero Super Legacy Reno Racer,
twin turbo, IO-540,
full EFII management system!
Race Coordinator STOL Drag coming to Reno, 2019
"so I got that going for me... which is nice."
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01-20-2015, 06:09 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: USA
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Nice gig!
They say "the carpenter's home is never finished". I hope the saying isn't true for you.
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01-20-2015, 06:14 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: San Diego, Ca
Posts: 431
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Originally Posted by humptybump
Nice gig!
They say "the carpenter's home is never finished". I hope the saying isn't true for you.
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Ahhh but it is.... Actually.. I finally did some LONG OVERDUE work on my own AV system back in December... of course I still have an outdoor TV that the wife has been bugging me to install for...... a year... It's on the list...
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John Walker
RV-10 N265WD
"Miss Whiskey Delta"
BPE IO-540, FULL EFII
KMYF, San Diego, Ca.
KEOS, Neosho, MO
Crew Chief
Grove Aero Super Legacy Reno Racer,
twin turbo, IO-540,
full EFII management system!
Race Coordinator STOL Drag coming to Reno, 2019
"so I got that going for me... which is nice."
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01-20-2015, 07:41 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Lemoore
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