SCCutler From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 5093 posts, RR: 28 Reply 1, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 8 hours ago) and read 3348 times:
He was well and truly run off by tools who idiotically challenged his well-proven recollections and experience.
Damn shame, his posts were a great read.
...three miles from BRONS, clear for the ILS one five approach...
FBU 4EVER! From Norway, joined Jan 2001, 998 posts, RR: 7 Reply 3, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks 5 hours ago) and read 3285 times:
He got pissed off by persons on this forum who either didn't read or understand his posts before posting something to the contrary.He was a real pro and an asset to this forum and it simply didn't register with some guys on this forum,who went on to argue with him,not realizing that his info was usually totally correct and thus unarguable.
He's badly missed on this forum!
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15873 posts, RR: 66 Reply 6, posted (6 years 5 months 2 weeks ago) and read 3219 times:
While he was indeed run off by the peanut gallery, that's not the entire truth. There are (IIRC) two further factors.
- He posted an interesting thread in tech_ops about how he and some colleagues were ferrying a 747SP. This was much appreciated. However the mods felt this was "personal" and ended the thread despite huge "technical" interest. This made him somewhat pissed off.
- I may be incorrect about this but I heard that he took a management position with an airline which precluded him from posting for contractual and/or ethical reasons.
I miss him too. He was a fun guy.
"There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots." - from Citadel by John Ringo
Vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8228 posts, RR: 28 Reply 7, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 3179 times:
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Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 6): I may be incorrect about this but I heard that he took a management position with an airline which precluded him from posting for contractual and/or ethical reasons.
Believe that's correct. The timing just happened to coincide with arguments on the site as well.
Jetguy left at about the same time, no? Sort of a departure of (some) of the old guard in Tech/Ops.
"Two and a Half Men" was filmed in front of a live ostrich.
N231YE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 8, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 3173 times:
I enjoyed reading his input to the forum, long before I took the initiative to join this past summer. I learned a great deal from that guy (and he also flew one of my favorite aircraft/airline combinations: the Pan Am Boeing 747-121).
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9220 posts, RR: 42 Reply 9, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 3105 times:
I'm quite familiar with the B747Skipper story but somehow I managed to miss his input till after he'd gone. It's a pity when things like that happen but I think we still have a pretty good selection of experts, considering there are more technical sites they could stick to that don't want the likes of me hanging around.
Pilotpip From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3084 posts, RR: 12 Reply 10, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 3069 times:
For a while there this forum was pretty good for getting very reliable information. Slamclick, CosmicCruiser, HAWK21M and others still provide great insight but I think that when B747Skpper and a few others left the forum lost quite a bit of the fun.
Plus you get way too many in here trying to start A v. B crap that belongs over in the general forum now...
Vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8228 posts, RR: 28 Reply 12, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 3052 times:
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Quoting Pilotpip (Reply 10): Plus you get way too many in here trying to start A v. B crap that belongs over in the general forum now...
I've noticed recently that there seem to be more threads in Tech/Ops that, at one time, would have been in Civ/Av (or, that actually WERE started in Civ/Av, based on who responded). Have the mods been shifting more threads to Tech/Ops recently as part of a Civ/Av "cleanup" or something?
Either way, I guess it's good that more people seem to be discovering Tech/Ops.
Oh, and for the record, I think the contributors to Tech/Ops are just as good now as they have ever been. People leave; others join to "take their places" as such.
So thanks, everyone, for contributing to this forum (Tech/Ops is the reason I paid to have a username). I've learned a lot over the 3+ years I've been here.
Quoting David L (Reply 9): considering there are more technical sites they could stick to that don't want the likes of me hanging around.
What makes you think that WE want the likes of you hanging around??
"Two and a Half Men" was filmed in front of a live ostrich.
Pihero From France, joined Jan 2005, 3498 posts, RR: 72 Reply 14, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 3040 times:
Quoting Starlionblue (Reply 6): However the mods felt this was "personal" and ended the thread despite huge "technical" interest. This made him somewhat pissed off.
Silly mods !
One of the nice aspects of T/O is exactly that :personnal experience stories . This forum thus resembles the flying club bar where we could have a nice informal conversation on our fav subject.
N231YE From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 3023 times:
Quoting Pilotpip (Reply 10): For a while there this forum was pretty good for getting very reliable information. Slamclick, CosmicCruiser, HAWK21M and others still provide great insight
The others include; JetMech, Starlionblue, EssentialPowr, 411A, TristarSteve, and Bellerophon. I learn alot from their posts. And lets not forget 2H4's comical interlude and the game he has running: "Identify this."
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15873 posts, RR: 66 Reply 17, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 2987 times:
Quoting N231YE (Reply 16): The others include; JetMech, Starlionblue, EssentialPowr, 411A, TristarSteve, and Bellerophon. I learn alot from their posts. And lets not forget 2H4's comical interlude and the game he has running: "Identify this."
Nice of you. However please remember I am not a pilot or a tech or a designer. I just have something of an interest in aviation.
"There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots." - from Citadel by John Ringo
Pilotpip From United States of America, joined Sep 2003, 3084 posts, RR: 12 Reply 18, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 2920 times:
I agree totally N231YE. There are a ton of great contributors. The ones I mentioned are the ones that came to mind first. Please don't take offense if I didn't mention your name. Wing, I think you should be in that group too!
DALMD88 From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 2367 posts, RR: 15 Reply 19, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 2835 times:
I also miss B747Skipper. It took me a year to delate him from my respected user list. I couldn't add anyone because the system did not recognize his name. So he is not only not here, but he has been delisted by The Management of this site.
Starlionblue From Hong Kong, joined Feb 2004, 15873 posts, RR: 66 Reply 20, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 2784 times:
Quoting DALMD88 (Reply 19): So he is not only not here, but he has been delisted by The Management of this site.
Well, more correctly he ended his membership and was thus delisted.
Skipper, if you're lurking happy landings to you. And don't forget to take your wife dancing. I have a vague memory you said she was a tango instructor.
"There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots." - from Citadel by John Ringo
71Zulu From United States of America, joined Aug 2006, 2736 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 10 hours ago) and read 2651 times:
The best Skipper story to me was back in the Pan Am days on the 707 flying over the Pacific heading to the west coast when he told the FO and FE he wanted to take a little nap. After he was good and snoozing, they did something with the fuel gauges to make them show empty and even got the heading indicator to show a southerly heading. They then made some alarm go off and when he awoke, they pretended to be asleep themselves. There was a good minute or so of complete panic before they let him off the hook.
Vikkyvik From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 8228 posts, RR: 28 Reply 22, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 2617 times:
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Quoting 71Zulu (Reply 21):
How did he used to sign off with all the XXX's?
Skipper used to write his posts something like this.
xxx
A very unique and instantly recognizeable way of posting.
Happy Contrails.
(s) Skipper
(Hmmm, did I get that right?)
Quoting Pihero (Reply 13): Because he is nice and he's become one of the Airbus experts here, that's why
Big grin (a credit to his mentors, really !)
Well, I shall heretofore address all my Airbus questions to one David L. And then all of you actual Airbus pilots can jump in and correct him
Indeed. He had posted a tribute thread to his dad, who originally got him interested in aviation, upon his passing. The thread was deleted, I believe; long story short, he got fed up and decided to move on.
Oh well, like I've said, there's still plenty of knowledge here to go around. Even though I haven't posted much here lately, I still read Tech/Ops quite regularly, and learn something new every time I do.
~Vik
"Two and a Half Men" was filmed in front of a live ostrich.
HAWK21M From India, joined Jan 2001, 31201 posts, RR: 58 Reply 23, posted (6 years 5 months 1 week 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 2600 times:
Quoting Vikkyvik (Reply 22): I still read Tech/Ops quite regularly, and learn something new every time I do.
This is one forum from where I have learned things from Experienced & knowledgable folks.Every time I log in i notice something new,A new discussion or a new topic.
Even the most simple question turns to a interesting debate & information flows to all.
Thanks to the Majority out here that are willing to share their experiences without one liners telling people that this shuld have been known.
Quoting Pilotpip (Reply 10): too many in here trying to start A v. B crap
We are addicted to our thoughts. We cannot change anything if we cannot change our thinking – Santosh Kalwar
25 David L: Welcome back! I gave up on that stuff a while ago. There are a few decent contributions (from both sides) but it's hard to find them among the postur
29 HAWK21M: Hey zeke. Great to hear from you.Ignore the Crap.Encourage the Good posts. regds MEL
30 Wing: Thank you pilotpip,I was starting to feel somewhat forgotten.
31 Vikkyvik: Oh, we would never forget you Any new anecdotes about the 320 (versus the 737, or otherwise)? ~Vik
32 BWI757: There was a discussion in site-related forum about B747Skipper's disappearance. Several; people noted that it was not because of others, apparently he
33 Starlionblue: Who the heck is Wing? Seriously man. Missed you too.
34 Inbound: Hey thanks for all the replies guys, hopefully the good skipper is reading all these and knows his contributions have been missed.....as well as all t
35 David L: Still with us: http://www.airliners.net/discussions/profile.main?username=Rick767
37 Wing: Thanks friends.Recently I have promoted to the worlds most important and hardest job.Being a father.Yes my dearest wife has given birth to our son 40
38 Starlionblue: Many congratulations and well wishes to you and yours! Hehe. Oh yes... Been there, done that. Apparently I didn't learn my lesson though. We are expe
39 Vikkyvik: Congratulations! No rush here. Enjoy fatherhood!
40 SuseJ772: I agree whole-heartedly. That is why I love T/O more than just about anything on the internet. Sitting here, reading PhilSquare, StarlionBlue, or Sla
41 Starlionblue: A forum certainly is only as good as its members. And I appreciate my inclusion among those two. I add color at best, not real life experience like t
42 Meister808: Keep up the good work folks... the consistent fairness and high standards that T/O has worked to uphold over the years has definitely netted a certain
43 Pihero: Just a side remark : I have noticed that not only content with welcoming Zeke back, a lot of you have put him back on your RU list. That is damn decen
44 SlamClick: Ah but you are of that rare breed - the amateur who excels most professionals. Your quest for knowledge has amassed for you an impressive store of ae
45 Starlionblue: Christmas is fun. And 15 month olds use a lot of energy. The words "Energizer Bunny" come to mind when I think of my daughter in these past couple of
46 N231YE: Starlionblue, may I ask how you built up your incredible aviation intelligence?
47 Zeke: I do not believe I deserve anything. I just see myself as another pilot that has a passion and enthusiasm for all things aviation. I humbly accept yo
48 Starlionblue: I guess it's a combination of several things. Reading books and websites, watching documentaries, being attentive in this forum, observing aircraft a
49 HAWK21M: Interesting. It pays to observe common things in more detail.Do you get family/friends time too. regds MEL
50 Starlionblue: I try. Unfortunately my daughter is still at the "learning to say 'Papa'" stage, not yet the "Is that a 343 or a 346, daddy?" stage. As for friends,
51 N231YE: Wow, you sound like me . I too agree: for example, most people of civilization know that when they drive a car; pushing on the gas pedal makes the ca
52 David L: I found it hard to believe that very few of the people I studied physics with had any interest in the "hows" and "whys" of life and thought the physi
53 Starlionblue: Indeed. And it goes beyond that. Most people think the current combustion engines are the ultimate way of doing things. But there are plenty of optio
54 SlamClick: Good dad! My young son once overheard another dad BSing his kids. My son looked at me and rolled his eyes. At like seven, he got it. My kids still te
55 Sudden: Although Skipper, among others, have left, We should not forget the contributors still active. I would say that Philsquare is our 747 guy these days a
56 Starlionblue: I remember VSGirl, the pretend VS F/O. I also remember the guy who had two IDs, one of which was female pretending to be an F/A. He/she was REALLY an
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