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aerosurfer Samba Member
Joined: March 25, 2012 Posts: 1602 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:32 am Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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Abscate wrote: |
For all you gals/guys who fly both in service( thank you) and commercial ..i Stan do and salute. I fly on business enough that they put my name in an iPad at the door when I get off. I still fall short of the my colleague who has a name written on a plane, though. I think his schedule would kill me in a week.
I have proudly contributed to the puke coating on many flights |
You are friends with the Donald? _________________ Rebuild your own FI Harness..My Harness
77 Westy 2.0L Rockin and Rolling Resto!
72 Sportsmobile (sold)
79 Tran$porter... Parts car money machine (gone) |
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Abscate Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014 Posts: 22568 Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:53 am Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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I am unaffiliated with Electoral College President Trump, in any way, shape, or firm.
There is a passenger with so many miles he has a plane named after him. I believe he is up to 17M actual miles flown last I checked. That's real miles, not the fake frequent flyer miles. _________________ .ssS! |
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tootype2crazy Samba Member
Joined: October 08, 2007 Posts: 1276 Location: St. Louis Missouri
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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There's a guy here on thesamba.com who is a flight attendant based here in my home town. Bill Bowman aka BulliBill. He's into splitties though. _________________ air-cooled or nothing for me
1978 Sunroof Deluxe Bus (daily driver)
1978 Transporter (mom's, making into a camper)
1970 Single Cab 2.1 turbo/EFI 6 Rib, 78 front beam, vanagon backing plates on rear (project)
2001 GTI VR6 (wife's) |
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16926 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:11 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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A male FA that's into splitties? I guess it's possible. _________________ Lead Mechanic: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Licensed Pilot (Single engine Land)
Boeing 727,737-200-300-400,757,767
Airbus A319,320,321
DC9/MD80
BAe146
Fokker F28/F100
VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
VW Passat
Capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound |
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tristessa Samba Member
Joined: April 07, 2004 Posts: 3992 Location: Portland, OR
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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There's a FA working for Alaska/Horizon Air based in the Portland area who's into Bays and pretty much anything VW that I get camping and shit-shooting with on occasion. Yet even though I've flown one of "his" routes over a dozen times, we've never been on the same plane... |
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aerosurfer Samba Member
Joined: March 25, 2012 Posts: 1602 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:07 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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I once broke down and shipped a front seat to a hotel in Miami. The guy buying was a FA for Iberia who was always shopping on the road.
I do this too when im on the road, classifieds by zip code and local craigslist too _________________ Rebuild your own FI Harness..My Harness
77 Westy 2.0L Rockin and Rolling Resto!
72 Sportsmobile (sold)
79 Tran$porter... Parts car money machine (gone) |
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TomWesty Samba Member
Joined: November 23, 2007 Posts: 3482 Location: Wyoming,USA
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:30 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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aerosurfer wrote: |
I once broke down and shipped a front seat to a hotel in Miami. The guy buying was a FA for Iberia who was always shopping on the road.
I do this too when im on the road, classifieds by zip code and local craigslist too |
Your photo makes me nervous......I know the engine isn't running, but it still makes me nervous. _________________ If you haven't bled on them, you haven't worked on them.
Visit: www.tomcoryell.com and check out my music! |
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ultralite Samba Member
Joined: January 10, 2011 Posts: 570 Location: GA
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 10:01 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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I want an airplane, but I've spent too much money on cars. Oh well, they're cheaper than women.
( Reminds me of the George Best quote: "I spent my money on girls, booze, and cars, the rest I just squandered.") _________________ Godspeed
'76 Beetle (sold)
'69 Beetle (sold)
'72 BMW 2002 (RIP)
'69 Westy
'02 BMW wagon AWD w/stick shift(sold)
'67 Beetle (sold) |
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aerosurfer Samba Member
Joined: March 25, 2012 Posts: 1602 Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 6:25 am Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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Remember.....
If it floats, flies, or fucks; its often cheaper to rent than buy! _________________ Rebuild your own FI Harness..My Harness
77 Westy 2.0L Rockin and Rolling Resto!
72 Sportsmobile (sold)
79 Tran$porter... Parts car money machine (gone) |
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jtauxe Samba Member
Joined: September 30, 2004 Posts: 5778 Location: Los Alamos, New Mexico
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:16 am Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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Abscate wrote: |
There is a passenger with so many miles he has a plane named after him. I believe he is up to 17M actual miles flown last I checked. That's real miles, not the fake frequent flyer miles. |
That's a lot of radiation exposure!
aerosurfer wrote: |
Remember.....
If it floats, flies, or fucks; its often cheaper to rent than buy! |
To quote our new so-called President ТРЪМП, "vagina is expensive", bringing his characteristically high level of discourse to the highest office in the land. _________________ John
"Travelling in a fried-out Kombi, on a hippie trail, head full of zombie..." - Colin Hay and Ron Strykert
http://vw.tauxe.net
1969 Transporter, 1971 Westfalia, 1976, 1977, 1976, 1977, 1971, 1973, 1977 Westfalias,
1979 Champagne Sunroof, 1974 Westfalia Automatic, 1979 Transporter, 1972 Sportsmobile, 1973 Transporter Wild Westerner, 1974 Westfalia parts bus, 1975 Mexican single cab *FOR SALE*, 1978 Irish 4-door double cab RHD
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busdaddy Samba Member
Joined: February 12, 2004 Posts: 51057 Location: Surrey B.C. Canada, but thinking of Ukraine
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:55 am Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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aeromech wrote: |
A male FA that's into splitties? I guess it's possible. |
_________________ Rust NEVER sleeps and stock never goes out of style.
Please don't PM technical questions, ask your problem in public so everyone can play along. If you think it's too stupid post it here
Stop dead photo links! Post your photos to The Samba Gallery!
Слава Україні! |
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Xevin Samba Member
Joined: January 08, 2014 Posts: 7599
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:42 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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It really is nutty how many folks here are involved with aviation and ACVW.
People I've met or know personally (omitted Samba name for privacy unless they've stated it on the forum):
Tom Powell- Retired commercial pilot
1x Active commercial jet mechanic
1x former USAF C-5 Glaxay mechanic
1x Boeing Engineer.
1x Boeing fabricator, retired
1x Flight attendant
1x Active commercial pilot
Abscate- 3rd home is on some random jet _________________ Keep on Busin'
67rustavenger wrote: |
GFY's Xevin and VW_Jimbo! |
Clatter wrote: |
Damn that Xevin... |
skills@eurocarsplus wrote: |
I respect Xevin and he's a turd |
SGKent wrote: |
My God! Xevin and I 100% agree |
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aeromech Samba Member
Joined: January 24, 2006 Posts: 16926 Location: San Diego, California
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:53 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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I've been retired from the airlines for 10 years now but still work on turbine engines. Industrial gas turbine engines. _________________ Lead Mechanic: San Diego Air and Space Museum
Licensed Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic
Licensed Pilot (Single engine Land)
Boeing 727,737-200-300-400,757,767
Airbus A319,320,321
DC9/MD80
BAe146
Fokker F28/F100
VW type 1 1962,63,65,69,72
VW Type 2 1971 (3 ea.) 1978, 1969
VW Jetta
VW Passat
Capable of leaping tall buildings in a single bound |
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VWsArent4Hippies Samba Member
Joined: April 13, 2005 Posts: 3076 Location: The Bull City
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 12:55 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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I did airframe work for FedEx for 5 years, and then I realized I hated working on airplanes _________________
aeromech wrote: |
in my opinion you don't know shit |
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cmonSTART Samba Member
Joined: July 15, 2014 Posts: 1915 Location: NH
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:01 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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I didn't realize how many aspects of teaching people to fly I disliked until I stopped.
_________________ '78 Bus 2.0FI
de K1IGS |
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a-marshal Samba Member
Joined: March 21, 2009 Posts: 270 Location: Toronto
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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This may be a really tenuous connection but for 4 years I was head of QA for a small aerospace parts firm.. (now defunct ... I think) _________________ -Ob. vehicle info....
1973 Westy w/ '74 1.8 liter / PDSI (type3?) carbs / 009 distributor / pertronix |
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Lil Lulu Samba Member
Joined: December 08, 2007 Posts: 1745 Location: Mouth of the Columbia
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:11 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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Last August I quit my job of six years as the Airport Operations guy for the Astoria Airport. I pumped fuel, took care of the lighting, kept the runways clear, chased elk and geese off, and generally acted as if I owned the damn place. Since I drove one of my 4 ACVW's on most days, I got a lot of "yeah, I used to own a VW". Lots of pilots and airplane mechanics appreciate air-cooled engines. They share a lot of similarities. Somewhere I have a picture of the 72 with a 1946 Beech 18. (Sky King's airplane for you old fucks.) I'll see if I can find it and post it here.
One of the pilots who rent hangers there is Krist Novoselic. He saw me driving my 65 bug one summer and we got into a discussion about VW's. He has several at his place in Deep River. He had just finished rebuilding his 68 Beetle engine himself. He came back from doing the Grammys with Paul McCartney a couple years back and drove his Beetle home. I think he has a single cab and a Thing too. _________________ '65 Beetle "Lil' Lulu"- Ruby Red
1600 stock from '71 bus
'72 Deluxe - Niagara Blue w/pastelwiess Camper Special 2L dual 40 Webers 002
'74 Hightop Weekender "Dixie" 1800 34 Del singles |
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oprn Samba Member
Joined: November 13, 2016 Posts: 12632 Location: Western Canada
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:54 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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Dad and I have always been fascinated by all things aviation. We dreamed for many years of building a Volkspane but were always too broke. The engine now resides in my sand rail, Dad is gone but I still have the '69 bay window he bought to haul us kids!
By the way, he was into model C/L planes and I am deep into RC scale planes and gliders.
Yes it's that air cooled thing that pulls us together for sure! |
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telford dorr Samba Member
Joined: March 11, 2009 Posts: 3547 Location: San Diego (Encinitas)
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:08 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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aerosurfer wrote: |
Remember..... If it floats, flies, or fucks; its often cheaper to rent than buy! |
Don't know about that. I only paid $4k for a Cessna 150 way back when. Yeah, it was slow, but it beat the hell out of driving any day. Biggest problem(s) with renting:
- it's never there when you need it.
- you can't get a large number of days because someone else has signed up for an hour in the middle of your 5 day trip.
- it's down for (unscheduled) maintenance.
- the last ahole to use it broke a radio or nav, and didn't tell anybody
- the coms suck from overuse
- etc.
No, owning is the way to go... At least you know the condition, and if it's not airworthy, it's only your fault.
Of course, back then ('74?), you could fly it over to Chino (CA), and do a "supervised" annual. You did all of the wrench work while an A&P looked over your shoulder to make sure it was done right. Of course, you had to have ALL of your own airframe and powerplant manuals, and you had to use the checklists from those manuals to get signed off. But for a couple hundred bucks, you got a first rate annual and an education to go with it.
In today's legal climate, I suppose that's impossible now... _________________ '71 panel, now with FI
'Experience' is the ability to recognize a mistake when you're making it again - Franklin P. Jones
In theory, theory works in practice; in practice, it doesn't - William T. Harbaugh
When you're dead, you don't know you're dead. The pain is only felt by others.
Same thing happens when you're stupid. - Philippe Geluck
More VW electrical at http://telforddorr.com/ (available 9am to 9pm PST) |
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Tom Powell Samba Member
Joined: December 01, 2005 Posts: 4855 Location: Kaneohe
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Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:49 pm Post subject: Re: Buses and... Aviation? |
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1961: 35 hours in Cessna 150 and soloed as a part of University of Hawaii Air Force ROTC
1962: Graduated in General Engineering from UH and commissioned as a 2nd Lt in the USAF
another 15 hours in Cessna 150 and a private pilot's license
1963-64: USAF undergraduate pilot training Reese AFB TX in T-37 and T-38
1964: C-124 training at Tinker AFB OK
1964-1968: Stationed at Hickam AFB Hawaii flying C-i24's transpacific West and East
2800 hours, fourteen engine failures
four months on the ground in Vietnam
1968: Three months with Hawaiian Airlines flying Convair 640's then furloughed
1969: Aloha Airlines First Officer flying Viscounts
1970: Aloha Airlines First Officer flying B737-200
1981: purchased '69 VW camper for $1800
1982-1997: Aloha Airlines Captain flying B737 200 and 400
January 18 1997: mandatory retirement at age sixty
Total flying time ≈ 20,000 hours
Total landings ≈ 18,000
Hard landings: three
I've passed every check ride
I've flown at Mach 1.2
I've had a ground speed of over 1000MPH
I've seen the curvature of the earth
I've been to Maui about 7,000 times
I've seen the sun rise in the West
I saw a solar eclipse from 15,00 feet with Mauna Kea as a backdrop
I've seen three green flashes in one evening:
taxiing at HNL, climb out to the West as the sun rose, and on descent into Kauai
2017: San Diego for center pin replacement by Gary. Telford swapped my Dansk heat exchangers for some OG's.
Happy Landings.
Remember to take your power naps.
Don't forget to take your landing pills.
Keep the shiny side up.
Aloha
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