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Thanks Erick.

One day I hope to have a facebook profile picture like this...but with me flying.
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Adler said:
Normally I just post picture without much of a writeup, but this time I've got more to say then the pictures will.

I got invited to fly with my neighbor to pick up a ferry pilot and drop him off in Rockford, Illinois so he could fly my neighbor's new T6 home. After waiting for some weather to clear, we flew to Jackson in the T-Goose and picked up the ferry pilot; a pilot I've long considered to be the god of all that is aviation. Some say he's sold his soul to the devil, all I know is that looking at his licenses and logbooks would make even John and Martha King jealous. He is one of the few people I've ever met or even heard about, that can truly fly any airplane by the way it feels. I once heard a story about when he trained a pilot to fly another incredibly rare warbird. At the end of the checkout, the pilot asked our friend how he learned to fly such a rare beast, he answered "this is my first time". God I tell you.

We got Rockford and my neighbor and him looked over the T6 and did some paperwork. After a while, ''god'' took off in the T6, and we followed behind in the Goose. After navigating the tricky Chicago airspace with only a sectional, he decided messing with the sectional and the breeze due an open cockpit was too much. The normal pilot would probably close the canopy, he however was is so talented that there was another option. So he put away the sectional and flew from Gary, Indiana back to Pontiac, MI - no gps, no vor, no ndb's, no planned headings, etc, etc; just by "what felt right". We were right behind him with two GPS's, and he was dead on. We asked how he did it, "I'm a messenger pigeon".

I can not decide if knowing him makes me depressed because I know I'll never be 1/8 the pilot he is, or if knowing him motivates me to be 1/8 the pilot he is.

Regardless, here are the pictures...

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If what you say is true....then i must :banghead:
 
Some from my last few flights.

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Downtown Chitown

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Over some morning scud

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Chicago again at night

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Final 4L at MDW with Chicago in the distance
 
Adler said:
Normally I just post picture without much of a writeup, but this time I've got more to say then the pictures will.

I got invited to fly with my neighbor to pick up a ferry pilot and drop him off in Rockford, Illinois so he could fly my neighbor's new T6 home. After waiting for some weather to clear, we flew to Jackson in the T-Goose and picked up the ferry pilot; a pilot I've long considered to be the god of all that is aviation. Some say he's sold his soul to the devil, all I know is that looking at his licenses and logbooks would make even John and Martha King jealous. He is one of the few people I've ever met or even heard about, that can truly fly any airplane by the way it feels. I once heard a story about when he trained a pilot to fly another incredibly rare warbird. At the end of the checkout, the pilot asked our friend how he learned to fly such a rare beast, he answered "this is my first time". God I tell you.

We got Rockford and my neighbor and him looked over the T6 and did some paperwork. After a while, ''god'' took off in the T6, and we followed behind in the Goose. After navigating the tricky Chicago airspace with only a sectional, he decided messing with the sectional and the breeze due an open cockpit was too much. The normal pilot would probably close the canopy, he however was is so talented that there was another option. So he put away the sectional and flew from Gary, Indiana back to Pontiac, MI - no gps, no vor, no ndb's, no planned headings, etc, etc; just by "what felt right". We were right behind him with two GPS's, and he was dead on. We asked how he did it, "I'm a messenger pigeon".

I can not decide if knowing him makes me depressed because I know I'll never be 1/8 the pilot he is, or if knowing him motivates me to be 1/8 the pilot he is.
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Small world - I was with a student at RFD doing pattern work while you were there. I remember seeing the Goose and the shiny T6 over at Courtesy. Nice pics!
 
Shooting today between downtown and Logan. Approach was holding arrivals below us at 2K while we were shooting at 2800'.

Heard a JetBlue pilot today checking on, JetBluexxx (very excitedly for some reason) "Heyyy Guyyyss! JetBluexxx checking in 3000 for 2000, 4L." The way he said 'hey guys' had us cracking up and I'm sure we weren't the only ones. I was hoping to find the transmission online but haven't had time to look.

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A few from the Santa Paula airshow today.
 

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This was taken during my return flight to ATL from SJU. It was my first time messing around with picture editing software and I'm still learning about all of the features. I brought out the detail in the wing by making the picture a lot darker. Too bad the clouds in the back didn't turn out better.
 

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