The Bushes as Pilots

[lnmike]

Have either of the George Bushes maintained any kind of pilot's license since leaving the >ahem< service? I never noticed.

[pa28]

1. I don't think so but I heard a rumor . . .

that W once tried to pilot a friend's Cessna and left the runway with the airplane's nose pointed in a jet-like attitude and nearly killed himself and the passenger. Sorry, no source but I believe it.

[Vickers]

5. Hey, you might enjoy this:

http://www.seanet.com/~johnco/bush102.htm

Cheers!

[pa28]

8. That's the story.

:yourock:

[jmowreader]

2. Neither has.

This is opposed to John Kerry, who has a commercial certificate with multiengine endorsement--I think he could legally fly Air Force One, and he'll be the first president who could. (Or do you need an Air Transport Pilot certificate to fly that type? I know you need one to fly for hire, but we're not hiring him to fly airplanes, we're hiring him to repair the damage caused by George Bush.)

[lapfog_1]

3. I believe that you need a special rating

to pilot almost any jumbo jet, especially a 747. I've been
told (and have "flown" one in a NASA simulator) that it's unlike
any other big jet in the world, especially when landing. (Since
I never successfully "landed" it, I believe that)

[karlrschneider]

7. You could get a 747 type rating on a Private pilot's license, theoreticall

but it would be very rare. Kerry's ticket has a multiengine rating but that's good only for planes under 18,500 lb and propeller-driven. Jets and large planes each have their own type rating.

[0rganism]

4. They must be dedicated to the idea of flight

because they're both intent on trying to drive this nation off a cliff.

[newyawker99]

6. Hi Inmike!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast: