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Milestones in my flying:
- My first flying lesson
was on March 10, 1986 at Ithaca, NY in a Cessna 150. I logged 21 flight hours before heading off to Navy flight training in
Pensacola, FL.
- First solo was on
July 8, 1986
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| N3006V, the plane for my first lesson and my first solo, parked next to my Long-EZ Aug '94 |
- First flight for the Navy on May 20, 1987
- Earned my private glider rating
on July 26, 1987 in Pensacola, FL.
- First carrier landings
on April 7, 1988 on board the USS Lexington (AVT-16) in a T-2C 'Buckeye'
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| Posing on an A-4 prior to earning my wings |
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| Looking cool with my A4 |
- Earned my wings
as Naval Aviator on October 7, 1988 in the TA-4J 'Skyhawk' in Meridian, MS
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| Me and EA-6B Prowlers at NAS Whidbey Island |
- Last flight as Navy pilot
on October 12, 1989
- First flight in Long-EZ on March 1, 1990
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Purchased Long-EZ N13YV on March 2, 1990
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First Flight in Long-EZ N13YV on March
3, 1990
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First airshow performance on August 1, 1992 at Seafair in Seattle, WA
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Unrestricted Low Altitude waiver on February
23, 1996
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Earned Air Transport Pilot rating on August
19, 1998
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Flew last airshow performance at Salinas,
CA on October 3, 1999
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| Preparing to fly my last airshow in Salinas, CA |
Summary:
- Ratings: ATP-MEL, COML-SEL, Private-Glider, CFI, CFII, CFME
- Flight time (as of Jul15, 2008), including military time:
- 2,760 hours in all aircraft types
- 200 hours at night
- 270 hours instrument (actual and simulated)
- 335 hours in formation
- 10 carrier traps as pilot, 46 traps as passenger (4 at night -sign
of insanity)
- 1,875 hours in Long-EZ N13YV
- Checked out in 46 aircraft types, including all common types
of canards
- 130 airshow performances in 15 states and 5 provinces
- Canard experience: Have flown Long-EZ, VariEZE, Cozy III, Cozy IV, Dragonfly, Quickie,
VariViggen
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