Leaving Usnet Groups, Bye

Cub Driver wrote:

On Mon, 02 May 2005 10:25:21 GMT, Matt Whiting
wrote:


It will be interesting to know, but I'm guessing the intent is to have
only "active" pilots listed, i.e.,


Okay, the database is working today.

I plugged in George H W Bush. He got a commercial pilot rating in
October 1945. Neither medical nor address available.

Then I plugged in George W Bush. He got a commercial rating in
December 1969 (not only SEL like his dad, but multiengine land and
instrument). Again, neither medical nor address available

So you hardly need to be current! (Both George 41 and George 43 are
alive, however, so possibly the list is pruned when you go to the
great fly-in in the sky.)

I plug in my own name and find address and all! But interestingly
enough, it gives the wrong information for my pilot certificate -- oh,
I know! I got a new cert in 2003, to scrub the Social Security number
off it, and that's evidently the date of issue.

And now I plug in Dudley Arthur Henrique and find that he was issued a
commercial pilot cert in January 1969, SEL and multi-engine land
"limited to center thrust". Last medical 3rd class November 1987 "must
wear corrective lenses." . No address

So: my guess is that Dudley is in there under a variant of his
surname, that he is practically a colleague of the president, and that
he hasn't been flying since 1989 or 1990.

Let's hear it for the FAA! That's a pretty good database, all things
considered. I think I was too hard on the guvmint in my earlier posts.

Yes, amazing what dropping a letter can do when dealing with a computer!

Matt