Certified to fly more than a plane

A typical day for me was often spent in several very
different aircraft. I might test fly a Beech Duke at 6 AM
and then have a student in a Sundowner or Skipper at 8:30.
At noon I might be test hopping a Beech Airliner 1900 or an
old King Air. I often flew as many as a dozen or more
different aircraft models and types in the same week.
I was single pilot IFR current under FAR 135 in all the
Beech Bonanza models and the 55 and 58 Barons including the
58 P and TC Barons and the B60 Duke. I also held a current
single pilot IFR in the C90, E90, F90 and 200 King Air. I
was type rated in the Beech 1900 and 300 and the Beechjet
400, but they were not on our 135 certificate.
On a good week I might fly every one of those airplanes. I
also might have time in a number of different airplanes
belonging to customers. I did checkouts in a Tiger for an
Air Force tanker pilot who rented his airplane to make some
of his payments. I also flew a few experimentals, such as
the Prescott Pusher when Mr. Prescott needed a flight
review.

Taking the 6 month and annual 135 check-rides was not
simple, often I might fly several days with the FAA in order
to cover the required model variations.

The FAA requires a Type Rating for each model turbojet and
any aircraft over 12,500 MTOW.

I never got complacent because I was flying so many
different airplanes and doing so many different things, from
charter and instruction to flight tests for the shop. Lots
of changes happened to my schedule, I might go to the
airport expecting to fly locally with the FAA for a
recurrent check and end up 1,500 miles away and be gone for
three or four days.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

wrote in message
ups.com...
| I'm sure I've come across posts from people here who seem
to fly more
| than one type of plane at a time, so I guess it's legal in
the US to be
| able to do so.
|
| It's not allowed in my country, and was interested in
knowing whether
| India alone is archaic or do similar rules exist elsewhere
too?
|
| Ramapriya
|

In article otwqg.60631$ZW3.44059@dukeread04,
"Jim Macklin" wrote:

I also flew a few experimentals, such as
the Prescott Pusher when Mr. Prescott needed a flight
review.

How much ballast did he remove/add when you got in/out?

The plane we flew didn't require ballast changes with the
two of us in the front seat. I thought the plane had a
terrible forward view, the windshield frame was thick and I
had to scrunch in the seat to see under it, otherwise it was
as big as a 2x4 right in front of my eyes.

I didn't like the airplane.


"john smith" wrote in message
...
| In article otwqg.60631$ZW3.44059@dukeread04,
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
|
| I also flew a few experimentals, such as
| the Prescott Pusher when Mr. Prescott needed a flight
| review.
|
| How much ballast did he remove/add when you got in/out?

| I also flew a few experimentals, such as
| the Prescott Pusher when Mr. Prescott needed a flight
| review.

| How much ballast did he remove/add when you got in/out?

The plane we flew didn't require ballast changes with the
two of us in the front seat. I thought the plane had a
terrible forward view, the windshield frame was thick and I
had to scrunch in the seat to see under it, otherwise it was
as big as a 2x4 right in front of my eyes.
I didn't like the airplane.

I was referring to solo flight. The two flying articles I am familiar
with each required 60 pounds of ballast in the nose when flown solo.

Can't speak to that, he arrived at the airport well before I
got back from a trip, he may have had a passenger or he may
have removed ballast. I just know it flew OK but I didn't
like the cockpit or the visibility from the right seat. It
was a long time ago. He didn't try to check me out in the
airplane and since he was a designer, I didn't try to teach
him systems. We concentrated on FAR 91 and flight
maneuvers.


"john smith" wrote in message
...
| | I also flew a few experimentals, such as
| | the Prescott Pusher when Mr. Prescott needed a
flight
| | review.
|
| | How much ballast did he remove/add when you got
in/out?
|
| The plane we flew didn't require ballast changes with
the
| two of us in the front seat. I thought the plane had a
| terrible forward view, the windshield frame was thick
and I
| had to scrunch in the seat to see under it, otherwise it
was
| as big as a 2x4 right in front of my eyes.
| I didn't like the airplane.
|
| I was referring to solo flight. The two flying articles I
am familiar
| with each required 60 pounds of ballast in the nose when
flown solo.