What airplane did you earn your first dollar in?

[MaRiO FDZ]

The old mighty Yombee Rabo. Nickname was a good friend's first attempt at comms he uttered that and it stuck.

 

[MaRiO FDZ]

This here SC-7 Skypig, N46LH. View attachment 37136

That looks like a ki'ds comtraption with a milk carton with a ruler taped to the top of it.

 

[Finny]

@bimmerphile

Awwwww picto buddies! lol

Thanks for finding a pic with 3NS in it, saves me from having to go back and upload one!

 

[averettpilot]

N5474K for the NSA peeps, 2010.

First buck outside of instructing would be the 207.

 

[dustoff17]

Shorts 360 - N564AC

This was my first type rating; I love this airplane!!!

 

[ArcherII]

A Navajo 310.

It didn't pay well at all, but still.

 

[Cherokee_Cruiser]

Still waiting for someone to put up a controversial Gulfstream Beech 1900 picture... Dollar earned or a dollar spent?

 

[bp]

@bimmerphile

Awwwww picto buddies! lol

Thanks for finding a pic with 3NS in it, saves me from having to go back and upload one!

No problem.
A little office view, if you're feeling nostalgic

 

[bkey79]

First $ :

Still waiting for someone to put up a controversial Gulfstream Beech 1900 picture!

Got the 1900 part covered! Not a gulf stream, but it was a prior Mesa and Big Sky bird! And my first 121 dollar.

 

[Hiboglossi]

N5298N for picto View attachment 37163

98N ended up being the second airplane I earned a dollar in outside of instruction. I was also in it for my first rocky mountain crossing.

 

[X-Forces]

20+ years (and 20+ pounds) ago!

 

[Nark]

20+ years (and 20+ pounds) ago!

I know that gal!

 

[n57flyguy]

A Cessna 150 with a O360 up front.

Whoa...."Cessna 1234, can you keep your speed up, overtaking a Lear on final."

(Was that banner tow?)

 

[scoobs]

You've piqued my interest……I will have to go look in my logbook. T-34C of some BuNo, almost certainly now in the boneyard. Or maybe not, could be one of the small handful still flying around with one of the VFA FRS or SFWSL/SFWSP with a new paint job, would be kind of neat to know what she's doing now.

No IFS?

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[scoobs]

Yes. Did the initial Commercial in a Multi checkride, and the next time I touched an airplane after the checkride was the CRJ on IOE. So Comm/ME checkride, CRJ transition course (ground/sim training), and hired at a regional.

What year?

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[Cherokee_Cruiser]

What year?

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May 2007 - Comm/ME checkride
June-Sept 2007 - CRJ transition course (cost me ~$27k)
Oct 2007 - regional newhire class.

Some programs back then only required a Commercial/Multi/Instrument with no total time restrictions. I was hired with 236TT which included 36ME. The program was risky because at the end of those 4 months you could blow the regional interview and be left in no-man's land. In my program interview group, 6 of 10. Don't know what happened with the other four, I think a couple got to re-interview in 6 months.

But for me, the program worked out great. The 27k was a high cost but I never got the Commercial-Single, nor any CFI ratings. It was fastest career track possible. 3 checkrides to an airline job: private, instrument, and comm/ME. The next actual flight after the Commercial checkride was in a CRJ.

 

[z987k]

May 2007 - Comm/ME checkride
June-Sept 2007 - CRJ transition course (cost me ~$27k)
Oct 2007 - regional newhire class.

Some programs back then only required a Commercial/Multi/Instrument with no total time restrictions. I was hired with 236TT which included 36ME. The program was risky because at the end of those 4 months you could blow the regional interview and be left in no-man's land. In my program interview group, 6 of 10. Don't know what happened with the other four, I think a couple got to re-interview in 6 months.

But for me, the program worked out great. The 27k was a high cost but I never got the Commercial-Single, nor any CFI ratings. It was fastest career track possible. 3 checkrides to an airline job: private, instrument, and comm/ME. The next actual flight after the Commercial checkride was in a CRJ.

I almost feel sorry that you missed the best part of aviation.

 

[ahw01]

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N5474K for the NSA peeps, 2010.

First buck outside of instructing would be the 207.

Westwind for the win!

 

[Bandit_Driver]

I almost feel sorry that you missed the best part of aviation.

I had fun instructing and flying freight in twins, bandits and the 727. I learned a lot instructing and in my bandit and piston twin days.

While he's probably financially ahead. We CFI's, OOTSK, etc have some fond memories , great experience and some "war stories".

But we all traveled different t paths to get where we wanted based on the industry at the time. We won't know if we did it right until we look back from the retirement chair.




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[z987k]

I had fun instructing and flying freight in twins, bandits and the 727. I learned a lot instructing and in my bandit and piston twin days.

While he's probably financially ahead. We CFI's, OOTSK, etc have some fond memories , great experience and some "war stories".

But we all traveled different t paths to get where we wanted based on the industry at the time. We won't know if we did it right until we look back from the retirement chair.




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I'm not really talking about as a career. I mean as an aviator.