1stfl94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2006, 1450 posts, RR: 0 Posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 6499 times:
A few months ago I found that I once had Alastair Atchison as a co-pilot on a BA flight was on. He was the First Officer who in June 1990 safely landed his BAC 1-11 at Southampton after the Captain, Tim Lancaster was partially sucked out of the cockpit in a decompression (and incidentally survived and was still flying up to a few years ago with Easyjet). I found out through a friend of mine at BA that he had been the Captain of a 747-400 I had been on.
This got me wondering if anyone else has any recollections of flying with any notable for famous pilots.
Reifel From Germany, joined Feb 2005, 1126 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 6487 times:
Maybe we were on the same flight I flew on the inaugural Niki-Service from VIE to FRA and he was indeed the captain. The aircraft was brand new as well.
ThirtyEcho From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 1634 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 6425 times:
I flew left seat with Royce Barnwell occupying the right seat of an A-26. He had more A-26 time, at over 6000 hours, than anyone on earth. I was a PPL and 17 years old and I hung on to that beast for dear life while Royce coached our howling trip down the runway. I'll never be able to experience anything like that again.
Royce once took off, single engine, in a crippled A-26 and flew on one engine across the Sahara desert in WWII.
71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2731 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 6363 times:
I don't think I ever have but somebody posted once on a.net that while talking to an AC pilot after a flight, he found out it was Captain Bob Pearson of Gimli Glider fame.
N49WA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 6323 times:
I've flown in a company Lear with Tom McMurtry, former director of flight ops at NASA, test pilot and 747 Shuttle Carrier pilot/project coordinator. Lots of Google entries for him. Also flew F-104's, SR-71 and many more. Great guy.
Superfly From Thailand, joined May 2000, 38482 posts, RR: 80 Reply 7, posted (2 years 10 months 3 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 6315 times:
Judge Lance Ito.
Ok, ok, ok, the Southwest pilot was having a little fun flying down to Los Angeles back during the O.J. Simpson trial and all the crew members had nicknames that were named after all involved in the O.J. Simpson case.
falstaff From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 5670 posts, RR: 29 Reply 8, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 6285 times:
I don't know.
I always wanted to meet Clayton Taylor, who writes for Airways Magazine. I always look for him at DTW, but never seen him. He is a A330 FO at DL. I will be flying on a DL A330 this August again so maybe I'll run into him. The times I flew on a NW A330 I never saw him.
71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2731 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 6 days 12 hours ago) and read 6264 times:
HOOB747 From United States of America, joined Nov 2006, 420 posts, RR: 0 Reply 11, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 22 hours ago) and read 6113 times:
Dennis Fitch (United 232, Sioux City DC-10) captained my United 777, San Fran (or Seattle) to Chicago, back in 2000.
sw733 From United States of America, joined Feb 2004, 6072 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (2 years 10 months 2 weeks 20 hours ago) and read 6106 times:
Quoting 71Zulu (Reply 10):
WN had a space shuttle pilot (Hoot Gibson) flying for them but believe he is now retired.
Indeed. I remember him complaining about the mandatory retirement age. I think he retired in the mid to early 2000's.
TravelAVNut From Netherlands, joined May 2010, 1380 posts, RR: 5 Reply 13, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 6 days 22 hours ago) and read 6051 times:
Quoting HOOB747 (Reply 11): Dennis Fitch (United 232, Sioux City DC-10) captained my United 777, San Fran (or Seattle) to Chicago, back in 2000.
Damn, you must have felt very very safe? Reading back the CVR transcripts and knowing what he did working the throttles you just know you have the best pilot possible flying your Triple-7!
RJLover From Canada, joined Dec 2006, 567 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (2 years 10 months 1 week 4 days 18 hours ago) and read 5958 times:
Yep, flew with Capt. Doug Morris, author of From the Flight Deck and Air Canada's enRoute magazine article Ask the Pilot from YVR-YEG-YVR in May '09. He is a really great guy (he even signed a copy of the enRoute magazine for me!).
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I flew on the inaugural Niki-Service from VIE to FRA and he was indeed the captain. The aircraft was brand new as well.
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