SuperCubRick
Well-Known Member
So how'd everyone get into this flying stuff? Share your story.
This is a visual logbook of sorts. Focusing on your family flying history, how you were introduced to aviation, a few experiences along the way, and throw in some milestones as well.
See if you can dig up some old photos!
I didn't have much of a choice, the Charles' family has been involved with aviation since the beginning. Shelly and Paul were barnstormers, test pilots, air racers and air-mail pilots, and flew for Eastern. Shelly flew the last official open cockpit airmail flight in the U.S. in 1934 and his altitude record for sail planes set in '43 still stands in Ga. Jim was a fighter pilot in Korea and also flew for Eastern. My dad flew for a few small companies in the Atlanta area in the 60's and 70's. My mother is a Delta flight attendant with 44 years of service. Dad bought a '54 Super Cub in '86 with Jim - and I grew up around the airport helping him fiddle with the airplane and flying with him. Went on to solo on my 16th birthday and earned my ticket at 17. Decided I was content flying the Cub around and going to college and didn't finish all of my ratings until 2010. Instructed for a short while at ATP and then was hired by a regional. I've had a blast with aviation. I just love it. I'm proud to continue the Charles flying tradition. I apologize in advance for too many pictures, I got a little carried away, ha ha.
There I am! This is what Jim would fly after a trip on the A300. He just loved to fly.
Grandfathers headgear he wore while flying the mail in the Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing on CAM 19.
In dads Cub.
Dad built this - was a great birthday present.
Fiddlin', checking the tire pressure
First flight with dad, 6 years old. Great day.
In dads friends' C-182.
Checking my 6. The Red Baron is lurking among the clouds, just out of sight.
14 yrs old, flight in Delta's 737-200 sim. Flew the heck out of it! Few visual approaches to 27 and 2 ILS's. MS Flight Sim prep helped quite a bit, along with the Cub time. Little did I know that about 12 years later I'd be sitting in the exact same sim during my airline interview. Pretty cool.
After taxi in - first solo flight, 16th birthday. Another great day I won't ever forget. I had a hard time wiping that smile off my face.
Formation with dad, friend snapped the shot.
Years later at ATP with my Russian student Sergey after passing his ATP checkride. His first flight in the U.S. was with me - he's a 737 captain in Russia, needed his US ATP.
The new ride
This is a visual logbook of sorts. Focusing on your family flying history, how you were introduced to aviation, a few experiences along the way, and throw in some milestones as well.
See if you can dig up some old photos!
I didn't have much of a choice, the Charles' family has been involved with aviation since the beginning. Shelly and Paul were barnstormers, test pilots, air racers and air-mail pilots, and flew for Eastern. Shelly flew the last official open cockpit airmail flight in the U.S. in 1934 and his altitude record for sail planes set in '43 still stands in Ga. Jim was a fighter pilot in Korea and also flew for Eastern. My dad flew for a few small companies in the Atlanta area in the 60's and 70's. My mother is a Delta flight attendant with 44 years of service. Dad bought a '54 Super Cub in '86 with Jim - and I grew up around the airport helping him fiddle with the airplane and flying with him. Went on to solo on my 16th birthday and earned my ticket at 17. Decided I was content flying the Cub around and going to college and didn't finish all of my ratings until 2010. Instructed for a short while at ATP and then was hired by a regional. I've had a blast with aviation. I just love it. I'm proud to continue the Charles flying tradition. I apologize in advance for too many pictures, I got a little carried away, ha ha.
There I am! This is what Jim would fly after a trip on the A300. He just loved to fly.
Grandfathers headgear he wore while flying the mail in the Pitcairn PA-5 Mailwing on CAM 19.
In dads Cub.
Dad built this - was a great birthday present.
Fiddlin', checking the tire pressure
First flight with dad, 6 years old. Great day.
In dads friends' C-182.
Checking my 6. The Red Baron is lurking among the clouds, just out of sight.
14 yrs old, flight in Delta's 737-200 sim. Flew the heck out of it! Few visual approaches to 27 and 2 ILS's. MS Flight Sim prep helped quite a bit, along with the Cub time. Little did I know that about 12 years later I'd be sitting in the exact same sim during my airline interview. Pretty cool.
After taxi in - first solo flight, 16th birthday. Another great day I won't ever forget. I had a hard time wiping that smile off my face.
Formation with dad, friend snapped the shot.
Years later at ATP with my Russian student Sergey after passing his ATP checkride. His first flight in the U.S. was with me - he's a 737 captain in Russia, needed his US ATP.
The new ride
