Greetings from Miami!

[WJH308]

Hello, my name is Bill and I am a Flight Instructor in Miami. I have been playing Microsoft flight simulator ever since I was a little kid and managed to turn the addiction into a career. Needless to say, flying the real thing surprisingly does not take away from the joy I get with simulators.
I am curious if there are any cockpit builders down in Miami that would like to show off their cockpits? I am interested in learning all the quirks with all the products and what works best for what. I sometimes get a little enthusiastic, I just ordered 14 dual rotary encoders for who knows what just yet...
I originally came down to Miami to become an air traffic controller then one day I got the chance to try out a Level D 757 full motion sim at Alteon in Miami. Needless to say that cemented my decision to become a pilot instead. I have background knowledge in machining, electronics, computers, fabrication, etc... I just wonder why I didn't get into it earlier...
Heres a video of my flying the level D 757 sim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Q-Tnlt1gE

[Matt Olieman]

Hi Bill and WELCOME aboard, always nice to see a fellow Floridian join our group :) :) :)

I love your video, would be nice if you can upload it to our video site Http://www.MycockpitVideos.com

If you're building, this will be the site for you, lot's of information, and just a bunch of friendly fellow builders ready to help :)

Again, WELCOME!!!

Matt Olieman

[Trevor Hale]

Hi Bill,

Great stuff. Welcome to Mycockpit.

Feel free to poke around and see what others have accomplished. Thanks for being here.

Best regards,

Trev

[WJH308]

Hi Bill and WELCOME aboard, always nice to see a fellow Floridian join our group :) :) :)

I love your video, would be nice if you can upload it to our video site Http://www.MycockpitVideos.com

If you're building, this will be the site for you, lot's of information, and just a bunch of friendly fellow builders ready to help :)

Again, WELCOME!!!

Matt Olieman
Thank you, I need to find the movies again, I do however have an ISO image of a DVD I made with all the videos cleaned up. Theres about 3 or 4 more videos.

[Joe Cygan]

Hi Bill,
Great YuoTube videos!

Pleasure to see you in here. You'll find a great bunch of folks at mycockpit.

Joe

[luisgordo]

Hi Bill, nice to have you around! Nice vid btw!


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[flyboy01]

Hi Bill,
Great to have you here. Love the video and what a good job you did.
Regards
Trevor Wimmer

[Michael Carter]

Welcome to the site Bill. Great video.

That's gotta be an experience to remember.

[WJH308]

Welcome to the site Bill. Great video.

That's gotta be an experience to remember.

I was on the verge of switching out of Air Traffic Control and becoming a pilot instead. Needless to say, after that experience, well yes, I said, "Screw ATC, I am going to be a pilot!"
Even doing the real thing, I am still addicted to flight sim. As I write this, I am stuck in X04, in Orlando waiting to depart back to Miami in a C172, inside a Hurricane, with no Mode C, with a presidential TFR coming, waiting to hear back with a Waiver to depart into class C with no mode C... Scud run the low ceiling in Class G with power lines near by to pick up the IFR clearence... And if I don't go, well I get to stay in a FBO all day long... This is the last time I do this for the flight school.

[Michael Carter]

For my commercial long X-country I flew a 172RG from KCPS in Cahokia to KEYW. That was an adventure, but I didn't have much bad WX to contend with.

Are you ferrying a plane for the school?

I used to get free time by ferrying the school's fleet up to Alton for radio certifications. They were only 30 minute flights each way, but it sure adds up.

[WJH308]

For my commercial long X-country I flew a 172RG from KCPS in Cahokia to KEYW. That was an adventure, but I didn't have much bad WX to contend with.

Are you ferrying a plane for the school?

I used to get free time by ferrying the school's fleet up to Alton for radio certifications. They were only 30 minute flights each way, but it sure adds up.

Been to Keyw a few times. Yep, ferrying airplanes to avoid the hurricane, turns out we should of just stayed in Miami to begin with. Got about 2 hours of actual on the way up, probably will get another 2 going back, just got my waiver, airplanes fueling up, going to call FSS and file again.

[DAL900]

I As I write this, I am stuck in X04, in Orlando waiting to depart back to Miami in a C172, inside a Hurricane, with no Mode C, with a presidential TFR coming, waiting to hear back with a Waiver to depart into class C with no mode C... Scud run the low ceiling in Class G with power lines near by to pick up the IFR clearence... And if I don't go, well I get to stay in a FBO all day long... This is the last time I do this for the flight school.

So, I guess we are both waiting for the president, I'm doing the detail.......in the rain..............all day.............. Your in Apopka and he's restricting your flight. Enjoy the bumpy ride

[WJH308]

So, I guess we are both waiting for the president, I'm doing the detail.......in the rain..............all day.............. Your in Apopka and he's restricting your flight. Enjoy the bumpy ride

Well, we can go IFR, only problem is that the fuel pump is dead, waiting for it to get fixed. We have some fuel, enough to get to Lakeland, but not enough to file IFR, have an alternate and the alternate fuel requirements. So I wait...
Right now LAL fails the 1 2 3 rule. Can't go VFR due to TFR...

[MLeavy737]

Bill,
Nice flying my friend :) Better landing than some i have seen on the line! Welcome btw.

Mike Leavy