MA Cooke Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 That workbench is a sure sign of a MAD MAN! LOL, JK....envious here. Welcome! (My cramped workbench...I'll have room to expand when we haul another 500 lb of junk out of our basement.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
eraucubsfan Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 We have finished the is group build. I still plan on holding the completion so if you completed a build Make sure your pic is posted in the competition section. I have had someone offer up some goodies for prizes along with the trophy. more to come Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MA Cooke Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 While I'm bummed that I didn't finish either of my Cat builds, I am excited about what's taken up the bulk of my spare time. I'm enrolled in courses to become an aircraft dispatcher, about 34% done with the online portion. I have to complete this, and pass the private pilot knowledge test as well as the ADX (aircraft dispatcher) knowledge test before the one-week in-person class session beginning in early December. If all goes well, I will change careers in early January. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted September 30, 2021 Share Posted September 30, 2021 That is so cool, Mitch! How I'd love to be doing that. I actually graduated from an aircraft maintenance course but didn't take the licensing exam after finding out I was color-blind. I actually knew early on but was hoping it wouldn't matter. Had to shift to a new course after with a heavy heart. But I really enjoyed the hands-on back then -- noise, fumes, grease and all. I enjoyed the various on-the-job trainings on fixed-wing aircraft, rotary-wing (Hughes 500), aircraft instruments, gyros on 747s. Some of the stuff I didn't like -- paint-stripping liquids that itch real bad -- and those PCBs covered with silicone sealant that you had to remove to get to parts. Those were the days and I remember them fondly despite the tinnitus I was left with because of the noise, haha. Now I still work on aircraft -- but only plastic ones : ( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MA Cooke Posted October 1, 2021 Share Posted October 1, 2021 16 hours ago, crackerjazz said: That is so cool, Mitch! How I'd love to be doing that. I actually graduated from an aircraft maintenance course but didn't take the licensing exam after finding out I was color-blind. I actually knew early on but was hoping it wouldn't matter. Had to shift to a new course after with a heavy heart. But I really enjoyed the hands-on back then -- noise, fumes, grease and all. I enjoyed the various on-the-job trainings on fixed-wing aircraft, rotary-wing (Hughes 500), aircraft instruments, gyros on 747s. Some of the stuff I didn't like -- paint-stripping liquids that itch real bad -- and those PCBs covered with silicone sealant that you had to remove to get to parts. Those were the days and I remember them fondly despite the tinnitus I was left with because of the noise, haha. Now I still work on aircraft -- but only plastic ones : ( Thanks for the encouragement, crackerjazz. So far I'm doing OK in the coursework, but a lot of the academic stuff is slow to restart for me (I earned a BSME 20 some years ago). And some of the navigation stuff is havng trouble sinking into my thick skull. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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