Papa K Posted January 14, 2022 Report Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) I am sure the veterans of MS have seen more new guys than they can count. Add me to the list. Brief vitals: Started flying 1987 - US Army, flew Blackhawks, maintence test pilot until 1996. SEL training in early 90's but never flew alot as military duties were demanding. Stopped flying in 1996 until 2004 - got current and flew about 30 hours until had an eye issue. Christmas 2020, announced my intentions to my family, they gave me a Honeywell Alpha & Bravo set plus X-Plane. I logged 90 hours of training - ok, maybe 5 hours was just goofing around, but I did a lot of IFR enroute practice 2021 - BUSY YEAR: eye doc said issue resolved, decided to get active again, ME gave me a thumbs up on a 3rd class medical, CFI got me current, FAA said not so fast - 3 months later got a special issuance. I spent over a year thinking and researching what plane to buy and picked up a M20J yesterday. My A&P/IA/CFII and I flew 300NM in a C172 for pre-buy and pick up. I flew the 172 back, my first cross country solo in 17 years and here I am.... glad to be here let the advice roll in Edited January 14, 2022 by Papa K 14 Quote
hammdo Posted January 14, 2022 Report Posted January 14, 2022 Ditto! Great feeling to be flying again I'm sure... -Don Quote
FlySafe Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 Great to have you in the community, welcome! k Quote
RLCarter Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 Welcome aboard…….. everyone on here was a “New Guy” at some point….. MS is the most active forum I’ve ever been involved with and the most informative…….. I’ll warn you, better post a pix of your bird or we’ll never believe you….lol 2 Quote
carusoam Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 Welcome aboard new guy K! First steps… Post pic… Update avatar pic… Add data… We have quite a few helicopter pilots around here… Best regards, -a- Quote
Rusty Pilot Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 Welcome, sounds like you picked a great plane. Enjoy! Quote
Schllc Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 During those years there is a chance I flew in one of your birds. Where were you stationed? Quote
WAFI Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 Welcome from one newbie to another. Quote
aviatoreb Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 Welcome papa! We love pictures... Quote
Papa K Posted January 15, 2022 Author Report Posted January 15, 2022 Got it ... pics are a priority. That one will have to do for now, we got 8" of snow last night. 1 Quote
cliffy Posted January 15, 2022 Report Posted January 15, 2022 AWW HECK ANOTHER sling wing guy moving in on our territory! :-) :-) :-) Seriously Glad to see you back in the saddle again Get your feet wet slowly and get accustomed to the good looking Mooney you have. I realize that there are not enough buttons on the control wheel for you though. Quote
Papa K Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Posted January 16, 2022 1 hour ago, cliffy said: AWW HECK ANOTHER sling wing guy moving in on our territory! :-) :-) :-) Seriously Glad to see you back in the saddle again Get your feet wet slowly and get accustomed to the good looking Mooney you have. I realize that there are not enough buttons on the control wheel for you though. Helicopter pilots are afraid of heights, that why we never fly more that 100 feet above the ground 1 Quote
Papa K Posted January 16, 2022 Author Report Posted January 16, 2022 12 hours ago, Schllc said: During those years there is a chance I flew in one of your birds. Where were you stationed? 1986 Flight School - Ft Rucker 1988 - Fort Hood 1991 - Test Pilot Course - Ft Eustis 1992 - Camp Page Korea 1993 - Fort Campbell 1996 - Fort Knox - ETS'ed there Quote
Bartman Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 Welcome aboard Papa and enjoy the J Quote
Oscar Avalle Posted January 16, 2022 Report Posted January 16, 2022 On 1/14/2022 at 5:04 PM, Papa K said: I am sure the veterans of MS have seen more new guys than they can count. Add me to the list. Brief vitals: Started flying 1987 - US Army, flew Blackhawks, maintence test pilot until 1996. SEL training in early 90's but never flew alot as military duties were demanding. Stopped flying in 1996 until 2004 - got current and flew about 30 hours until had an eye issue. Christmas 2020, announced my intentions to my family, they gave me a Honeywell Alpha & Bravo set plus X-Plane. I logged 90 hours of training - ok, maybe 5 hours was just goofing around, but I did a lot of IFR enroute practice 2021 - BUSY YEAR: eye doc said issue resolved, decided to get active again, ME gave me a thumbs up on a 3rd class medical, CFI got me current, FAA said not so fast - 3 months later got a special issuance. I spent over a year thinking and researching what plane to buy and picked up a M20J yesterday. My A&P/IA/CFII and I flew 300NM in a C172 for pre-buy and pick up. I flew the 172 back, my first cross country solo in 17 years and here I am.... glad to be here let the advice roll in Welcome on board and your story is really inspiring!! Quote
carusoam Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 Some people add the various aircraft they have flown in their avatar section… -a- Quote
cliffy Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, carusoam said: Some people add the various aircraft they have flown in their avatar section… -a- What if there are too many of them :=) 1 Quote
ilovecornfields Posted January 17, 2022 Report Posted January 17, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 8:28 AM, Papa K said: Go Hawks! 1 Quote
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