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I fly by the seat of my pants quite a bit...does that count?

 

:cornut: My sister and her husband are pilots. Sandra has/flies a Citabrea and Jerry flies/has a Cessna 210 turbo(bussiness aircraft). I'm the Military Parachutist and Parascuba(parachute gear over top of diving gear and parachuting into the ocean)retired. That was mildly stressfull as lacerating one's skin on the way out of the air craft meant that upon hitting the water,one was trolling for sharks.:lol::lol::lol::lol:

Jason

 

There are several Mini owners that are pilots.

I fly for an airline as a Captain on an Embraer 145.

 

The ultimate pilot's machine is probably the Ecomobile - the yellow one above, with retractable stabilisers. I think almost a majority of the buyers of these Swiss machines have a commercial license.

 

I am no Pilot, dont have airplane (but I like them), no experience on parachute, but I couldnt be out of this thread. At least I know EMBRAER!!!

Let's me start again from another point of view:
I am "pilot" I "fly" under the radar my Mini Cooper S 2006 on route I95 but the front sppliter and the spoiler are producing ground effect, I may flip them to see what happens.

And I can see airplane from my office window. Does it count? I will post a picture.

 

Ah yes, but is she a pilot that owns a MINI?.....

 

Well, if we're gonna start using oxygen, may as well go all out and jump from the edge of space, like Felix did!

 

I be a pilot

I "pile it here and I pile it there". Actually, 20 years as an AF Navigator always looking at the rear end of "two horses asses", sitting in front of me.

 

DavisFlyer should chime in soon...

 

:cornut: Yes while sky diving things happen at 120mph(180mph if tracking) which leaves NO time for mistakes or being unsure of oneself or the equipment. The Air Force(although they do have PJ's, CCT,and the forward weather forcaster people)used to tell us that one never jumps out of a perfectly good air craft and that only 2 things fall out of the sky, bird dung and fools. You'll do just fine. We know that your heads screwed on straight as you're a MINI person.

Jason

 

I forgot to mention...

One of my clients is HomeBuiltAirplanes.com

 

Last time I flew was back around '88 or '89 when the price of avgas became a discouragement. Flew a Bonanza V35 N5560D and a C182 Skylane N3142S .
I think the Bonanza has expired and the Cessna is down in Georgia someplace.

 

I also have an A&P licence, but it isn't current either.

Jim

 

I'm sure most pilots will agree that departing from an aircraft aloft that is in perfect working condition just doesn't seem right somehow. After going to all the trouble and expense of learning how to get it off the ground and back down and even be able to use it again, well...

 

It was always my plan to arrive in the same plane from which I departed. After 33 years I fortunately never had to deviate from that plan.

 

Third one.....
Staring up at the sky with your mouth open....

 

Okay; maybe. But you can't do that at 18,000 feet.