Many Aviation enthusiasts on LTT?

[Bicko96]

is there many AvGeeks on here?

 

just curious as im crazy about aviation and was wondering if there are many other people like me!

 

if you are post below about it; for example

how did you get into it?

do you plan to work or do you work in aviation?

Favorite Aircraft and/or airlines?

 

Me;

im into aviation since i was around 2, every weekend was spent at the back of the airport with my dad watching the airplanes land and takeoff for 10 hours of the day. as i grew up i got more and more fond of aviation and now, its all i eat, sleep, think and do

all my life i've wanted to work in aviation and now i do, im now an aircraft maintenance engineer and each work day consists of fixing the thing i love

Favorite Aircraft: a330

Favorite Airline: Aer Lingus

[Comessy]

I'm going to take Avionics Technologies in 2017.

 

Got into it because I traveled alot, 2-4 flights a year since I was born. First flight was when I was 8 weeks old.

 

Favorite Aircraft : 737-700

Favorite Airline : Westjet

[givingtnt]

yes. used to want to be a pilot. untill I got turned down cus of my medical. 2 times in a row. 

wanted to be an aircraft mechanic too. untill I got into pc's

 

fav aircraft ? F-86 I know that thing from nose to exaust

fav airline ? Lufthansa 

 

got into aviation when I joined the RCAC (royal canadian air cadets) where I still am. wich is where I got refused for flight school. glider and power... so yeah.   

 

[-CLASSIFIED-]

well ive been into aviation for all my life , both my dad and grandpa were in the air-force/military haha 

i worked in the industry for a short period of time repairing air frames and what not ,but not anymore. i  might later on in life go back and work on the engines and what not but idk yet 

fav aircraft ? probably the good old spitfire and the aw 101 cormorant  , fav airline ? Lufthansa  

[felixbearpig]

i am helo mech by trade,

 

i go to a university that specializes in aviation

 

and i major in engineering and minor in helo operation and aeronautics 

[Osmium]

I've always loved aircraft since I was young. All my toys when I was 2-6 were all SR-71, F14s, and F-18s replicas(and I used to travel on planes a lot with my parents in planes). My first word was "perpinner" which was supposed to mean propeller. I've always wanted to get my pilot's licence before my driver's licence and although it might still happen unfortunately it probably isn't.

 

I definitely want to go into Aerospace Engineering if I can. I know it isn't as glamorous anymore (unless you work for SpaceX in which case it is extremely glamorous!) but it is something I think I would love.

 

Favorite aircraft: SR-71 of course

Favorite airliner(I'm going to just do passenger plane because I don't know a ton about airliners): Does the space shuttle count? If not the then the Cessna 150

[Juanse]

I am into aviantion since I as like 7 or 8 when I flew for the first time, When I was 10 my parents bought me a throttle quadant and yoke from saitek and installed FSX, I'm planning to try to do the private pilot course when I can

My favourite aircraft are the 777 and 737-800

I don't actually have a favourite airline, I've flown in like 4 airlines (AA, aerolineas argentinas, LAN, and Copa) and I think the best one is disputed between AA and Copa

[SimpleG]

If that I like WarThunder planes counts, then me.

Fav airplane? Pff : A10 Warthog

[gollum99]

Weird double post sry, see down below.

[gollum99]

One of my uncles is one out of only 11 test pilots at airbus and got an extra 300, my other uncle is pilot at tui and got a pitts. Since one of my biggest hobbies is photography I ocassionaly do plane spotting (taking pictures of planes). Fav plane: p51 (ive even done a 20min flight in the back seat of one) Fav airline: lufthansa; Wanna become a pilot (more of my pics: https://www.flickr.com/photos/132589838@N05/albums )

[Counter-Strike Player]

I enjoy watching the "Air Crash Investigation" tv series that airs in the UK that talk about some of the high-profile crashes and why they happened. It's easy to get caught up the technical discussion in the MH370 crash and what's the plausible resting locations are (Diamantina Escarpment in my view) and finding stuff down that deep will take many more years of searching, if not decades/never.

 

From what I hear it's a prohibitively-expensive hobby and to get any air-traffic work requires a lot of "grandfathering" in from previous employees/friends.

 

I love tracking the occasional "ghost" plane though on flight radar sites if one breaks on the news, but usually we don't hear about it until ~30-40 minutes after the fact if we're lucky. Remember the one that flew over Cuba last year and crashed off the shore of Jamaica? Love a "current situation."

[ArrogantAdam]

I'm training for my PPL at the moment, and am hoping to do my first solo this coming August on my 16th birthday

[MooCow]

I like flying my racing quadcopter.

[Tora]

I love that this topic is a thing. While we're at it, any VATSIM guys? Controllers...pilots?