Celebrity Pilots

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"Mike W." wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I know Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise are pilots, but can you list any
others?

John Travolta and Morgan freeman come to mind, I'm sure there are many
others.

A few mo

Dustin Hoffman
Mark Martin
Danny Glover
Tom Cruise
Patrick Swayze
Jack Rausch
George W. Bush
Don Rumsfeld
Tom Daschle
Warren Burger
Daniel Bloomberg
William F. Buckley
Neal Boortz
Ken Hamblin

Orval Fairbairn writes:

Dustin Hoffman
Mark Martin
Danny Glover
Tom Cruise
Patrick Swayze
Jack Rausch
George W. Bush
Don Rumsfeld
Tom Daschle
Warren Burger
Daniel Bloomberg
William F. Buckley
Neal Boortz
Ken Hamblin

How many of these are active? For instance, W. flew only during his
National Guard time, not before or after.

Add John Kerry, an active pilot.

Bob Fry wrote:
For instance, W. flew only during his National Guard time, not before or
after.

George W. couldn't ever fly without busting a TFR.

Hilton

I sure wouldn't count George W. as a pilot. I'm sure that there are
thousands of ex-military pilots who are no longer in the pilot
community...they never converted to civil airman status.

Readers of mystery fiction should include Stuart Woods in the list.

Bob Gardner

"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Mike W." wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:vRbSd.33890$tl3.31990@attbi_s02...

I know Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise are pilots, but can you list any
others?

John Travolta and Morgan freeman come to mind, I'm sure there are many
others.

A few mo

Dustin Hoffman
Mark Martin
Danny Glover
Tom Cruise
Patrick Swayze
Jack Rausch
George W. Bush
Don Rumsfeld
Tom Daschle
Warren Burger
Daniel Bloomberg
William F. Buckley
Neal Boortz
Ken Hamblin

In article ,
"Bob Gardner" wrote:
I sure wouldn't count George W. as a pilot. I'm sure that there are
thousands of ex-military pilots who are no longer in the pilot
community...they never converted to civil airman status.

George W. does have a FAA certificate, as does his father. I doubt that
either of them have held valid medicals for years.

Lots of famous folks have certificates, many have valid medicals, but
its even more difficult to determine how many of those famous (or
wealthy) folks are aviation enthusiasts. I would think that a Celebrity
theme suite, as Jay expressed interest in, would benefit most from those
who are truly enthusiasts, as opposed to those who hold certificate to
get from point A to B.



JKG

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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George W. does have a FAA certificate, as does his father.


How do you know that? They don't appear in the airmen database.

In article et,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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George W. does have a FAA certificate, as does his father.


How do you know that? They don't appear in the airmen database.

They appeared in the one at registry.faa.gov the last time I looked,
which was right before I posted. I thought that I had seen them in
there in the past, so that's why I looked again.



JKG

Depends on where you look. Here's a personal example. I showed up in both
Landings and the FAA databases when I had a 3rd Class/Student. When I got
my PPL, I showed up in the FAA database but not in Landings anymore and
still don't.
--
Chris Ehlbeck, PP-ASEL
"It's a license to learn, have fun and buy really expensive hamburgers."

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
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In article et,
"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

"Jonathan Goodish" wrote in message
...

George W. does have a FAA certificate, as does his father.


How do you know that? They don't appear in the airmen database.

They appeared in the one at registry.faa.gov the last time I looked,
which was right before I posted. I thought that I had seen them in
there in the past, so that's why I looked again.



JKG

"Chris Ehlbeck" wrote in message
t...
Depends on where you look. Here's a personal example. I showed up in
both
Landings and the FAA databases when I had a 3rd Class/Student. When I got
my PPL, I showed up in the FAA database but not in Landings anymore and
still don't.
--
Chris Ehlbeck, PP-ASEL
"It's a license to learn, have fun and buy really expensive hamburgers."

Databases are only as accurate as those maintaining them. Seldom is 100%
accuracy obtainable or desirable.

Chris Ehlbeck wrote:
Depends on where you look. Here's a personal example. I showed up in both
Landings and the FAA databases when I had a 3rd Class/Student. When I got
my PPL, I showed up in the FAA database but not in Landings anymore and
still don't.

Your must chase database inaccuracies. About 4 years ago I had renewed
my medical certificate and 6 months after, decided to check. I wasn't
listed! Later I found many people seem to have the same problem. The
FAA apparently requires both a medical certificate PPL to list you in
the Airmen Database.

After much phoning and messaging, I found somebody that said my medical
had "pending" on it but nobody knew what that meant. So I call the AME
and he didn't understand but said he would re-send the his info (no
charge). A few months later it all cleared up.