Pilot Introduction Thread
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Callsign: UAL342 (UAL4life/UnitedAirlines4life)
Name: Abdul Afia
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado
Current Location: Aurora, Colorado
Hobbies: Travel, Airline Management/Marketing, Graphic Design, & Video Production
Occupation: Personal Assistant, Freelance Graphic Designer & Video Producer
Interesting facts: Tries to fly at least once a week, (my top month was 200,000miles in June). Has roots at the real United.
Age: 23
Kids: None, i think
Name: Abdul Afia
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado
Current Location: Aurora, Colorado
Hobbies: Travel, Airline Management/Marketing, Graphic Design, & Video Production
Occupation: Personal Assistant, Freelance Graphic Designer & Video Producer
Interesting facts: Tries to fly at least once a week, (my top month was 200,000miles in June). Has roots at the real United.
Age: 23
Kids: None, i think
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Callsign: UAL808
Name: Tim Abbott
Birthplace: Concord, NH USA
Current Location: West Newbury, MA
Hobbies: Aviation, cycling, border collies, FS, iRacing
Occupation: Loan Officer for a great family run mortgage company
Interesting facts: I had relatives on the Titanic, and they were briefly shown in the movie
Age: 32
Kids: None (yet) but my 3 border collies sure act like kids!
Name: Tim Abbott
Birthplace: Concord, NH USA
Current Location: West Newbury, MA
Hobbies: Aviation, cycling, border collies, FS, iRacing
Occupation: Loan Officer for a great family run mortgage company
Interesting facts: I had relatives on the Titanic, and they were briefly shown in the movie
Age: 32
Kids: None (yet) but my 3 border collies sure act like kids!
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Callsign: UAL206
Name: Trevor Bair
Birthplace: Hays, Kansas USA
Current Location: Longmont, Colorado USA
Hobbies: Aviation, Photography, College football (Go Huskers!), golf, and travel
Occupation: IT Project Manager
Interesting facts: I was first exposed to Flight Sim in 1990 at the age of 10 (using this - MS Flight Sim 4.0. Those graphics - ouch!) and have been simming ever since. In 1996 or so, I started flying and controlling Online with SATCO, which later became VATSIM. While I don't have any real world ratings yet, I logged a dozen hours toward my PPL a few years back and hope to finish it up at some point in the future -- as soon as life settles down a bit (see response to "Kids" question below). I travel about 30,000 miles each year on the real United and have a handful of friends who work for the airline. I also occasionally fly for Delta Virtual and have been an active member there for over 8 years.
Age: 32
Kids: Two boys: one 3 years old and the other 3 months - they're the best part of my life!
Name: Trevor Bair
Birthplace: Hays, Kansas USA
Current Location: Longmont, Colorado USA
Hobbies: Aviation, Photography, College football (Go Huskers!), golf, and travel
Occupation: IT Project Manager
Interesting facts: I was first exposed to Flight Sim in 1990 at the age of 10 (using this - MS Flight Sim 4.0. Those graphics - ouch!) and have been simming ever since. In 1996 or so, I started flying and controlling Online with SATCO, which later became VATSIM. While I don't have any real world ratings yet, I logged a dozen hours toward my PPL a few years back and hope to finish it up at some point in the future -- as soon as life settles down a bit (see response to "Kids" question below). I travel about 30,000 miles each year on the real United and have a handful of friends who work for the airline. I also occasionally fly for Delta Virtual and have been an active member there for over 8 years.
Age: 32
Kids: Two boys: one 3 years old and the other 3 months - they're the best part of my life!
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Callsign: UAL312
Name: Jason Trowbridge
Birthplace: Ridgecrest, CA
Current Location: Ridgecrest, CA
Hobbies: Aviation, Banjo, Hiking, Camping, Fishing, Kayaking, backpacking, Wilderness Survival, Flight Sim, Crossfit
Occupation: Civil Servant for the Department of Defense for NAWCWD, China Lake Naval base
Interesting facts: Real world pilot, Bluegrass musician, Outdoors mas/Mountaineer, Banjo player
Age: 28
Kids: None
I have been around a few Virtual airlines, and this one is by far my favorite and I will be flying only United VA
Name: Jason Trowbridge
Birthplace: Ridgecrest, CA
Current Location: Ridgecrest, CA
Hobbies: Aviation, Banjo, Hiking, Camping, Fishing, Kayaking, backpacking, Wilderness Survival, Flight Sim, Crossfit
Occupation: Civil Servant for the Department of Defense for NAWCWD, China Lake Naval base
Interesting facts: Real world pilot, Bluegrass musician, Outdoors mas/Mountaineer, Banjo player
Age: 28
Kids: None
I have been around a few Virtual airlines, and this one is by far my favorite and I will be flying only United VA
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Call sign: UAL823
Name: Allen Groat
Position: ATP Captain
Birthplace: Glendale, AZ
Current Location: Glendale, AZ
Hobbies: FlightSim, vUAL, Vatsim Pilot ID: 1180044, Redskins Fan, Motocross Fan
Occupation: US Army Veteran, High School Maintenance, U Haul Customer Service ( 2 Jobs right now)
Served in US Army as a Cavalry Scout 19D, Stationed Fort Carson, CO, Served in OIF 2009 OEF 2010 Iraq
Aircraft Flown on in real life:
Gliders:
Schwiezer 2-32 (Not actual image of sailplane I flew)
Schwiezer 2-33 (Actual Turf Soaring School I flew at Image)
Grob 103 (Actual Turf Soaring School I flew at Image)
Private Helicopters:
Bell 206 - Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours
Military Helicopters:
Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk - US Army
Boeing CH-47 Chinook - US Army
Private Fixed Wing:
Cessna 172 Skyhawk N3000U (Actual Plane)
Piper P/A 28 Cherokee Challenger N56202 (Actual Plane)
Commercial Fixed Wing:
Airbus A319, 320, 321 Frontier Airlines, US Airways
Boeing 737 with Southwest Airlines, Alaskan Airlines
Boeing Super 80 American Airlines
Boeing 767-300 Ryan Airlines Military Charter
Embraer 145 American Eagle Airlines
Embraer 170, 190 Frontier Airlines, United Airlines
SAAB 340 American Eagle Airlines
McDonnel Douglas MD-11 World Airways Military Charter
Military Fixed Wing:
Lockheed Martin C-130 and C-130J Hercules
Boeing C-17 Globemaster (Iraq to Germany, Germany to Washington D.C.)
Family: I have 1 child Alexis who is turning 5 in January I have been married for 5 yrs to my amazing wife Sara.
Age: 27 (08/14/1985)
PC Specs:
Intel i5 2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo Boost)
Gigabyte ATI 6950 1 GB
CORSAIR Vengence 16GB 1600
2.5 TB HDD
Corsair 750W
Favorite Quote:
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
~George S. Patton
Name: Allen Groat
Position: ATP Captain
Birthplace: Glendale, AZ
Current Location: Glendale, AZ
Hobbies: FlightSim, vUAL, Vatsim Pilot ID: 1180044, Redskins Fan, Motocross Fan
Occupation: US Army Veteran, High School Maintenance, U Haul Customer Service ( 2 Jobs right now)
Served in US Army as a Cavalry Scout 19D, Stationed Fort Carson, CO, Served in OIF 2009 OEF 2010 Iraq
Aircraft Flown on in real life:
Gliders:
Schwiezer 2-32 (Not actual image of sailplane I flew)
Schwiezer 2-33 (Actual Turf Soaring School I flew at Image)
Grob 103 (Actual Turf Soaring School I flew at Image)
Private Helicopters:
Bell 206 - Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopter Tours
Military Helicopters:
Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk - US Army
Boeing CH-47 Chinook - US Army
Private Fixed Wing:
Cessna 172 Skyhawk N3000U (Actual Plane)
Piper P/A 28 Cherokee Challenger N56202 (Actual Plane)
Commercial Fixed Wing:
Airbus A319, 320, 321 Frontier Airlines, US Airways
Boeing 737 with Southwest Airlines, Alaskan Airlines
Boeing Super 80 American Airlines
Boeing 767-300 Ryan Airlines Military Charter
Embraer 145 American Eagle Airlines
Embraer 170, 190 Frontier Airlines, United Airlines
SAAB 340 American Eagle Airlines
McDonnel Douglas MD-11 World Airways Military Charter
Military Fixed Wing:
Lockheed Martin C-130 and C-130J Hercules
Boeing C-17 Globemaster (Iraq to Germany, Germany to Washington D.C.)
Family: I have 1 child Alexis who is turning 5 in January I have been married for 5 yrs to my amazing wife Sara.
Age: 27 (08/14/1985)
PC Specs:
Intel i5 2500K Sandy Bridge 3.3 GHz (3.7 GHz Turbo Boost)
Gigabyte ATI 6950 1 GB
CORSAIR Vengence 16GB 1600
2.5 TB HDD
Corsair 750W
Favorite Quote:
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
~George S. Patton
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Call sign: UAL838
Name: Stephen Williamson
Position: ATP Captain
Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ
Current Location: Peoria, AZ
Hobbies: Flight Sim, vUAL, VATSIM ATC (ZAB ARTCC S3) & Flying.
Fav Aircraft: 777, 767, 737, 787.
Name: Stephen Williamson
Position: ATP Captain
Birthplace: Phoenix, AZ
Current Location: Peoria, AZ
Hobbies: Flight Sim, vUAL, VATSIM ATC (ZAB ARTCC S3) & Flying.
Fav Aircraft: 777, 767, 737, 787.
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Callsign: UAL822
Name: Jerry Plotts
Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio
Current Location: Cadiz, Ohio
Hobbies: Aviation, Flight Sim
Occupation: Retired from U.S. Navy, and retired Pastor
Interesting facts: Spent 20+ years in the US Navy Submarine Force. Worked as an end user instructor for IBM and Pfizer in Connecticut
Age: 65
Name: Jerry Plotts
Birthplace: Steubenville, Ohio
Current Location: Cadiz, Ohio
Hobbies: Aviation, Flight Sim
Occupation: Retired from U.S. Navy, and retired Pastor
Interesting facts: Spent 20+ years in the US Navy Submarine Force. Worked as an end user instructor for IBM and Pfizer in Connecticut
Age: 65
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Callsign: UAL532
Name: Tom Plessers
Birthplace: Leuven, Belgium
Current Location: Bekkevoort, Belgium
Hobbies: Flight Sim, Skydiving (170 jumps), Bobsleigh / skeleton (National team)
Occupation: Active duty military
Staff Sergeant
Tactical Mission Communication Specialist / Shooting instructor
Interesting facts: only recently got back from 7 month mission in Congo Africa
ATPL theory training at the Royal Military Academy Brussels
Age: 31
Name: Tom Plessers
Birthplace: Leuven, Belgium
Current Location: Bekkevoort, Belgium
Hobbies: Flight Sim, Skydiving (170 jumps), Bobsleigh / skeleton (National team)
Occupation: Active duty military
Staff Sergeant
Tactical Mission Communication Specialist / Shooting instructor
Interesting facts: only recently got back from 7 month mission in Congo Africa
ATPL theory training at the Royal Military Academy Brussels
Age: 31
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Callsign: UAL232
Name: Dominique Verellen (add me on Facebook if you want)
Birthplace: Hollywood, Florida
Current Location: Lima, Peru (Dad's from Belgium and Mom's Peruvian and they wanted to live here)
Hobbies: Computers, Photography, Flight Simulation & Music (Trance)
Occupation: Student, vUAL Pilot
Age: 16
Birthday: 2nd of April
Interesting Facts: My dad bought our me FS2002 and I loved it, used to go spotting at Hollywood INTL every weekend. Grandfather used to fly 707s for Braniff and my other Grandfather owned lands in the Congo when it was a Belgian colony. My Grandmother also worked for Braniff. My dad claims I have Viking relatives(me and my sister and my dad do look like vikings so it may be true). I have PDD-NOS which is a type of autism(look it up on Wikipedia, its very interesting). My entire family is either protestant or catholic and me and my dad are the only Atheists. I also have 5 dogs, all Cocker Spaniels, two females, three males
PC Specs for those interested:
CPU: Core 2 Duo e7500 overclocked to 32000MHZ @ ~1.30v with a Cooler Master Hyper 212
GPU: XFX GTS 250 512MB with an Arctic Accelero II cooler
RAM: 2 Kits of 2x4GBs, all Patriot memory
Motherboard: GA-EP45-UD3L
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy with modded drivers(X-Fi)
PSU: Corsair TX650w
HDDs: 1 WD Black(2TBs), 1 WD Green(2TBs), 1 Samsung Spinpoint(1TB) and a bunch of other drives(500GBs, 160GBs, 80GBs)
Screen: Viewsonic 19" 1440x900
Speakers: Logitech z506
And I have a Logitech Extreme 3d pro a friend lent me
Name: Dominique Verellen (add me on Facebook if you want)
Birthplace: Hollywood, Florida
Current Location: Lima, Peru (Dad's from Belgium and Mom's Peruvian and they wanted to live here)
Hobbies: Computers, Photography, Flight Simulation & Music (Trance)
Occupation: Student, vUAL Pilot
Age: 16
Birthday: 2nd of April
Interesting Facts: My dad bought our me FS2002 and I loved it, used to go spotting at Hollywood INTL every weekend. Grandfather used to fly 707s for Braniff and my other Grandfather owned lands in the Congo when it was a Belgian colony. My Grandmother also worked for Braniff. My dad claims I have Viking relatives(me and my sister and my dad do look like vikings so it may be true). I have PDD-NOS which is a type of autism(look it up on Wikipedia, its very interesting). My entire family is either protestant or catholic and me and my dad are the only Atheists. I also have 5 dogs, all Cocker Spaniels, two females, three males
PC Specs for those interested:
CPU: Core 2 Duo e7500 overclocked to 32000MHZ @ ~1.30v with a Cooler Master Hyper 212
GPU: XFX GTS 250 512MB with an Arctic Accelero II cooler
RAM: 2 Kits of 2x4GBs, all Patriot memory
Motherboard: GA-EP45-UD3L
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy with modded drivers(X-Fi)
PSU: Corsair TX650w
HDDs: 1 WD Black(2TBs), 1 WD Green(2TBs), 1 Samsung Spinpoint(1TB) and a bunch of other drives(500GBs, 160GBs, 80GBs)
Screen: Viewsonic 19" 1440x900
Speakers: Logitech z506
And I have a Logitech Extreme 3d pro a friend lent me
Re: Pilot Introduction Thread
Callsign: UAL750
Name: Barry Laird
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, In
Current Location: Beaumont, Texas
Hobbies: Aviation, Flight Sim, Muscle Cars
Occupation: Police Officer/ Arson Investigator
Interesting facts:U.S. Marine Veteran Combat Helicopter Squadron
Age: 41
Married with 5 Children
Name: Barry Laird
Birthplace: Fort Wayne, In
Current Location: Beaumont, Texas
Hobbies: Aviation, Flight Sim, Muscle Cars
Occupation: Police Officer/ Arson Investigator
Interesting facts:U.S. Marine Veteran Combat Helicopter Squadron
Age: 41
Married with 5 Children