Cool pilot certificate

ryan1234

ryan1234

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I was having a few beers with some rather experienced pilots... One of the guys showed me his pilot certificate..after the type ratings it said "All makes and models of single and multi engine piston aircraft". It's a real privilege to have a few drinks and talk about flying with someone like that. ...just thought I'd share...
 
ryan1234 said:
I was having a few beers with some rather experienced pilots... One of the guys showed me his pilot certificate..after the type ratings it said "All makes and models of single and multi engine piston aircraft". It's a real privilege to have a few drinks and talk about flying with someone like that. ...just thought I'd share...
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Did you get a pic of it?
 
Here's one for a guy I know of from another website:

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The guy I was talking to flew many, many warbirds for tv shows and movies. His certificate was hard earned over a life time. The types were part of his work and he didn't "pay" to get them.

The old LOA is now "authorized experimental types"...most warbirds (that needed an LOA) are not experimental, but limited and such. So technically, you don't need a "type rating" to fly a P-51, etc... unless it is, for some reason, an experimental.

As far as earning it... from what I was told, if you had a certain amount of LOAs (or experimental types), they would put that on your certificate - you've demonstrated a rather high level of airmanship
 
ryan1234 said:
most warbirds (that needed an LOA) are not experimental, but limited and such. So technically, you don't need a "type rating" to fly a P-51, etc... unless it is, for some reason, an experimental.
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Sort of true...there are Limited type certificates for some of the warbird types (not all warbirds even have Limited type certs), but not all of the airframes of each type are registered and operated in the Limited category. One Mustang could be registered and operated as Limited, and another might be Experimental.
 
I'm surprised a thread in the same light as OP's meeting hasn't been made about me yet. I mean, I am an astronaut with 1 million hours, and have survived an entire episode of the Jersey Shore.
 
Hacker15e said:
Sort of true...there are Limited type certificates for some of the warbird types (not all warbirds even have Limited type certs), but not all of the airframes of each type are registered and operated in the Limited category. One Mustang could be registered and operated as Limited, and another might be Experimental.
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My understanding was that experimental type ratings are for those that have been built as an experimental around a data tag or whatever.... but, for example, if a P-51 had certain original components, it could be registered and operated as a limited. The FAA language about warbird type ratings is a little confusing to me...to be honest.
 
I've heard of some FedEx pilot who has ATP/Comercial in every catagory and class and is typed over 60 airplanes.

He has a very strange hobby.
 
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