[Dragonlady]

Originally Posted by SSBUSDRVR

Good morning. Jan very sorry didn't check in. Great pictures you posted of your Mom
Has not been a great last few days. One of my friends finished his trip. Commuted home. Apparently took a nap while wife was at work and never woke up.:( Still hard to comprehend. His borther was a Captain for us too We were all based together in Vegas awhile back and shared some good times. They Lost another former coworker and instructor to Pancreatic Cancer yesterday. The guy was a legend in the company and was great at putting people at ease under the gun in the "Sweatbox" Sim. He cared. You never forget people like that. Maggie landed a 737 on an Aircraft Carrier. Does that count? In the Sim. I heard Old Tex Johnson was one of a kind from people that knew him.

I used to work in the training facility in Renton and spent some time around some of the training sims. This is the place where John Travolta goes to do some of his training for the 737.Ask Gary about the time he got to "fly" in one and the 100mph cross wind the tech gave him!
I'm impressed Skyman since I know I NEVER could land an airplane, let alone on an aircraft carrier even in a sim!

Remind me to tell you the story about the day I went up with Gary and his instructor on a nice summer day in a Cessna 172 after drinking a root beer...