Should I remove my tag?

He landed gear up on his way to Oshkosh. At Appleton or Fond du Lac I think. He posted a long humble mea culpa. It was probably the most normal-sounding thing he ever posted.
Totaled a plane he had been unsuccessfully trying to sell for a while, as I recall.
 
I actually think Henning did all or at least most of the things he did. I just don't think he did any of them for very long except his maritime and aviation activities.

I think he's just an adventurous soul who wants to try out as many things as he can during his sojourn on this earth. Maybe he only spent a few days at some of the jobs he held, never intending to do them for a living anyway, but just wanting to see what they were like. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If I had it to do all over again, I might just do the same thing.

Rich
 
I don't recall. Was he a CIA operative, too? Or was that someone else I know?
 
Every time I see a "Where is Henning" thread, all I can remember being new to the site and reading RW calling out all his BS in every thread. I think he drove him insane- but I loved it. RW was especially good with his inference to the coincidence of landing gear up on a plane he was trying to sell/get rid of.
 
Not sure how long ago it was that you left, but here's what he's been up to (previously posted in a now closed thread). It's been a while since I've updated this list...

Here's a short list of his exploits...

Hennings short list from 2005…

Auto mechanic/ race car wrench
Used Car Salesman (sold first car when I was 12)
Machinist/Fabricator/Welder
Rail Inspector/ NDT (Sperry Rail Service)
(edit) Strip club Bartender
Photographer
Photo lab tech/ Custom Color Printer
Construction Worker/Supervisor
Deckhand sailor
Captain
Aircraft Mechanic
Crane Operator
Diver (although Mel Fisher didn't really pay, but you got a bit of booty at the end of the year)
Pilot
Project Manager
Boat Builder

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=352993

Some of those may be repeated below…

Flew for regional airlines

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=227530

Landed a Duke after bending a spar

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=112049
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=746914

Fled Haiti with a Barge and some its dock while under fire

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128136

Dove on the Lusitania

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1398875

Flew a bent diver at 25’ AGL from the Bahamas

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1204700

Divemaster

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=944630

Rescued all passengers and crew from a helo and salvaged it.

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=942346
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=393328

Raced motorcycles and three wheelers

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=923950
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11014424

Operate all forms of machines designed in the name of mass in motion

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=986683

Strip club bartender

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=353000

Crop Duster

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437194
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437499
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=976300

Flew 5 gallon water jugs from Pompano to Homestead after hurricane Andrew

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146

Insurance adjuster (for at least four companies)

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1397714
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952

Survived two major earthquakes

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128118

Expert witness

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952

Knew Sam Walton

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1311387

Car Repo Man

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1315856
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424

Truck driver

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=821333

Father was a shrink

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1316142

Computer maker

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29666
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10795386

At the helm while porn was being filmed

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29686

Used car salesman and sold his first used car at the age of 12

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=533411
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=906113
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10911554
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424


Got knocked on the ground by an explosion near a nuke weapons storage area

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663

Ran Balboa Boat Rental in Newport Beach

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55650

Lived as a kept man in Moscow

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24462

On a boat in New Orleans that exploded and killed two fire fighters

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=542705

Aerial Firefighting

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=16112

Asked to dilute the Menanite gene pool in Canada

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=123067

Pipeline Patrol

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=672270
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10936041

Railroad engineer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=749798

Possibly did his girlfriend’s mom

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=289937

Took bullets while doing T&Gs in a 152 during a riot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=93633
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663

A relative designed the A-4
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=755913

****ed on his divemaster

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=769350

Proofreader

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781309

Had a wing on fire

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782466

Had a bull take out a tailgate on a truck

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782901

Knows more about blimps than a blimp pilot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781997

Knows how to get 192 proof liquor

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10785290

Writer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786074

Came up with regenerative braking on cars in the 8th grade

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786392

Damaged at least 100 engines

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786764

Ordained minister

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786748

Butcher

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10788706

Mile high while standing on a helicopter skid

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792417

Horse owner

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792662

Goat rancher

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10796669
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10973576

Field service for computers

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10844579

Worked with some sort of radiation sniffing helicopter

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10910303

Animal surgery

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10916013

Photo recovery

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10918946

Demo pilot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10929320

Arrested for running across the street, got officer fired

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=961710

Towed other boats with a sail boat

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10947878
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10948204

Wreck cleaner

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10984271

Dated a gal from the Honor Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10986299

Professional Photographer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11039820

Got signed off for private pilot with less than 40 hours

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11051584

Flew a 777 sim

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11086977

Delivered travel trailers and fifth wheels

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11087398

Drove to school in the 8th grade

www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088030

Can live off of Ensure

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088838

Made gun parts as a teenager

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1970149

Quoting this thread just because WHO QUOTES A THREAD THIS LONG?!?!
 
I suspect Henning is similar to a friend of mine, who happens to be from Germany. After high school, he just travelled all over the place, taking whatever job he could get or whatever job suited him wherever he happened to stop for awhile. He'd spend a few months somewhere, make a little bit of money and move on. By now, 15 years later, I'm sure he could claim to have experience in many fields, like Henning. Is he an expert at these fields? Probably not, but knows enough to say he knows something about it. Anywho, that's the kind of guy I imagine Henning to be. However, I believe he's a very experienced boat driver and deck hand based on his LinkedIn profile.

For what it's worth, I enjoyed having him around. He certainly added some color, even if 75% was the color of bull excrement.
 
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That you took the time to record all this......is just slightly disturbing? :)

Not sure how long ago it was that you left, but here's what he's been up to (previously posted in a now closed thread). It's been a while since I've updated this list...

Here's a short list of his exploits...

Hennings short list from 2005…

Auto mechanic/ race car wrench
Used Car Salesman (sold first car when I was 12)
Machinist/Fabricator/Welder
Rail Inspector/ NDT (Sperry Rail Service)
(edit) Strip club Bartender
Photographer
Photo lab tech/ Custom Color Printer
Construction Worker/Supervisor
Deckhand sailor
Captain
Aircraft Mechanic
Crane Operator
Diver (although Mel Fisher didn't really pay, but you got a bit of booty at the end of the year)
Pilot
Project Manager
Boat Builder

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=352993

Some of those may be repeated below…

Flew for regional airlines

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=227530

Landed a Duke after bending a spar

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=112049
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=746914

Fled Haiti with a Barge and some its dock while under fire

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128136

Dove on the Lusitania

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1398875

Flew a bent diver at 25’ AGL from the Bahamas

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1204700

Divemaster

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=944630

Rescued all passengers and crew from a helo and salvaged it.

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=942346
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=393328

Raced motorcycles and three wheelers

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=923950
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11014424

Operate all forms of machines designed in the name of mass in motion

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=986683

Strip club bartender

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=353000

Crop Duster

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437194
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1437499
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=976300

Flew 5 gallon water jugs from Pompano to Homestead after hurricane Andrew

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146

Insurance adjuster (for at least four companies)

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128146
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1397714
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952

Survived two major earthquakes

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1128118

Expert witness

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1310952

Knew Sam Walton

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1311387

Car Repo Man

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1315856
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424

Truck driver

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=821333

Father was a shrink

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=1316142

Computer maker

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29666
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10795386

At the helm while porn was being filmed

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=29686

Used car salesman and sold his first used car at the age of 12

http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=533411
http://forums.aopa.org/showthread.php?p=906113
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10911554
http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=945424


Got knocked on the ground by an explosion near a nuke weapons storage area

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663

Ran Balboa Boat Rental in Newport Beach

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55650

Lived as a kept man in Moscow

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?t=24462

On a boat in New Orleans that exploded and killed two fire fighters

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=542705

Aerial Firefighting

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=16112

Asked to dilute the Menanite gene pool in Canada

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=123067

Pipeline Patrol

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=672270
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10936041

Railroad engineer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=749798

Possibly did his girlfriend’s mom

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=289937

Took bullets while doing T&Gs in a 152 during a riot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=93633
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=55663

A relative designed the A-4
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=755913

****ed on his divemaster

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=769350

Proofreader

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781309

Had a wing on fire

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782466

Had a bull take out a tailgate on a truck

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10782901

Knows more about blimps than a blimp pilot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10781997

Knows how to get 192 proof liquor

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10785290

Writer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786074

Came up with regenerative braking on cars in the 8th grade

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786392

Damaged at least 100 engines

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786764

Ordained minister

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10786748

Butcher

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10788706

Mile high while standing on a helicopter skid

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792417

Horse owner

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10792662

Goat rancher

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10796669
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10973576

Field service for computers

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10844579

Worked with some sort of radiation sniffing helicopter

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10910303

Animal surgery

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10916013

Photo recovery

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10918946

Demo pilot

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10929320

Arrested for running across the street, got officer fired

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=961710

Towed other boats with a sail boat

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10947878
http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10948204

Wreck cleaner

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10984271

Dated a gal from the Honor Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=10986299

Professional Photographer

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11039820

Got signed off for private pilot with less than 40 hours

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11051584

Flew a 777 sim

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11086977

Delivered travel trailers and fifth wheels

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11087398

Drove to school in the 8th grade

www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088030

Can live off of Ensure

http://www.purpleboard.net/forums/showthread.php?p=11088838

Made gun parts as a teenager

http://www.pilotsofamerica.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1970149
 
I've heard Henning doesn't often drink beer, but when he does, it's Dos Equis.

Damn! You beat me to it...

Henning was great entertainment, and I'm not entirely sure that wasn't his intent (though I did not know him personally).

Apparently he rubbed some folks the wrong way who took him too seriously, and I believe he was banned from PoA.


JKG

He pretty much demanded to be banned. It was voluntary...

I actually think Henning did all or at least most of the things he did. I just don't think he did any of them for very long except his maritime and aviation activities.

I think he's just an adventurous soul who wants to try out as many things as he can during his sojourn on this earth. Maybe he only spent a few days at some of the jobs he held, never intending to do them for a living anyway, but just wanting to see what they were like. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If I had it to do all over again, I might just do the same thing.

Rich

Sorta my impression, too. He clearly knows a lot of stuff.

I don't recall. Was he a CIA operative, too? Or was that someone else I know?

No, Bill, that was me. ;-)
 
No, Bill, that was me. ;-)

Glad someone else took the heat for that one and my cover is secure...oh wait!

There was a time that I traveled a lot and worked in a few other countries...
 
@SCCutler, do you think this thread is appropriate? Two pages of basically making fun of someone who is banned? Maybe it is and I am just a stick in the mud. I like to have fun as much as the next guy, but this feels like third grade.
 
@SCCutler, do you think this thread is appropriate? Two pages of basically making fun of someone who is banned? Maybe it is and I am just a stick in the mud. I like to have fun as much as the next guy, but this feels like third grade.
What is third grade like? Never made it past second myself...
 
I actually think Henning did all or at least most of the things he did. I just don't think he did any of them for very long except his maritime and aviation activities.

I think he's just an adventurous soul who wants to try out as many things as he can during his sojourn on this earth. Maybe he only spent a few days at some of the jobs he held, never intending to do them for a living anyway, but just wanting to see what they were like. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. If I had it to do all over again, I might just do the same thing.

Rich
That's sort of the way I read it too. I'm sure a few of the tales and details were embellished (the most outlandish ones were posted on the purple board which I've never seen), but most anything he's posted that I've been familiar with seemed reasonably accurate. All in all, I'm here mostly for entertainment and he provided plenty. But yeah, some of the more recent stuff he's posted on FB seem pretty "out-there".
 
I heard he ****ed off the masons and illuminati and they took him away. Maybe just a rumor but will we ever really know?
 
@SCCutler, do you think this thread is appropriate? Two pages of basically making fun of someone who is banned? Maybe it is and I am just a stick in the mud. I like to have fun as much as the next guy, but this feels like third grade.

I don't think anyone is making fun of him. I think we are celebrating his contributions.

Personally, all kidding aside, I have asked the overlords to reinstate him. But, a ban is a ban and we'll all have to go elsewhere to learn more of the glorious potential of Hydrogen.
 
All that but he never got an ATP.

He answered that. He considered it a liability to carry higher ratings when merely exercising private privileges. Absolutely on point imo.
 
That you took the time to record all this......is just slightly disturbing? :)

It's a LOT disturbing!!


BTW... My favorite Henning exploit was the mile high club experience while standing on the skid of a helicopter and using his hand to manipulate the anti-torque pedals. I believe it was at that point that I decided to make a list of his claims. It was longer than even *I* expected.
 
Here's the post since some of you don't have PB access...

Henning said:
The challenge is always for the giver. I hold an SIC Rotorcraft Helicopter MH rating, let me tell you, that was challenging. It required opening the door and standing on the skid plus I had to put pressure on the right anti torque pedal with my right hand for her to work against since she only had her left foot to work with. It's a hell of a lot harder for a guy to SIC-MH than it is for a girl. Getting serviced is easy, giving service requires the skill and effort.
 
There was the Yellow Board (the old AOPA forums), which had become stunningly rotten with abuse and junk. AOPA announced it would be shut down for an inderminate period, to allow for a new plan to be devised.

In the waning weeks and days of the Yellow Board's existence, some visionary and giving people decided to create Pilots of America, with a management Council of volunteers and some reasonable rules regarding civility and the like., POA was born and, not too long thereafter, the yellow Board was shut down forever.

Sometime later, AOPA restarted his forms, using the same software as Pilots of America, but with a predominant color theme of red, while Pilots of America had (and still has) a predominant color theme of blue.

Pretty quickly, the two forums were colloquially known as "The Red Board" for AOPA, and "The Blue Board" for Pilots of America.

Then, another aviation form was created with the intent of capturing some aspects (and members) from both the red Board and the blue Board, and we all know that when we combine red and blue, the resulting color is purple-hence, the Purple Board for Pilots.

Does that help?

By the way, for those who don't know, Pilots of America is now owned by a non-profit Corporation (organized in the state of Pennsylvania, thanks to Adam Zucker), and is thus unlikely to suffer the fate that so often before all Internet forums that become very popular-the profitable sale to a commercial ad-space aggregator.
 
By the way, for those who don't know, Pilots of America is now owned by a non-profit Corporation (organized in the state of Pennsylvania, thanks to Adam Zucker), and is thus unlikely to suffer the fate that so often before all Internet forums that become very popular-the profitable sale to a commercial ad-space aggregator.

We've had offers over on our other colored board, but we not only said no, but HELL no!
 
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The problem is that Henning's claimed knowledge on things he knows nothing about gets in the way of the things he actually does know about.

But, to say the least, some of his posts were more entertaining than anything Hollywood could produce.
 
I liked Henning. Colorful. Not just a ******** artist, but the Michelangelo of same. A bit like Mark Twain in that respect. A good storyteller's tale holds a kernel of truth, you just never know what it is.

Went a little off the deep end on the fiat currency thing though.
 
If I didn't fear an unscheduled vacation from the forum, I'd initiate a poll to determine which banned member is most missed.

Henning would likely rise to the top (helium?) but I'm sure some others would also score well.
 
If I didn't fear an unscheduled vacation from the forum, I'd initiate a poll to determine which banned member is most missed.

Henning would likely rise to the top (helium?) but I'm sure some others would also score well.

Why would you fear a ban? A poll about banned members would no more violate the ROC than this thread does. PM me the list of names and Ill create the poll.
 
The Solicitation of Sex thread made me think of Henning...
 
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