Where In The World Is Henning?

Geico266 said:
Has anyone heard from him lately? :confused:
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He was in some sort of course for a while, now I believe he is out to sea for a couple of weeks. I'm not Henning's secretary but was trying to coordinate a ferry flight with him. He said something like that about not being able to ferry the plane for a couple of weeks.
 
Last post I recall had him doing some sort of maritime ferry, which would probably have him out of touch for a bit.
 
Geico266 said:
Damn, I miss jousting with him. Good fun.

Sure hope his ship sinks. :rofl: :eek:




Kidding! :yesnod:
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Ehhh don't say that I was just reading about Bonanza's on wikipedia and segued right into "Buddy Holly" apparently Waylon Jennings said something similar to Buddy Holly before the "flight" and regretted saying it for the rest of his life.
 
bartmc said:
Ehhh don't say that I was just reading about Bonanza's on wikipedia and segued right into "Buddy Holly" apparently Waylon Jennings said something similar to Buddy Holly before the "flight" and regretted saying it for the rest of his life.
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Henning can swim, and he would tell us stories for 6 months on his adventure of swimming with dolphins and eating raw tuna and squid. :rofl:
 
bartmc said:
He was in some sort of course for a while, now I believe he is out to sea for a couple of weeks. I'm not Henning's secretary but was trying to coordinate a ferry flight with him. He said something like that about not being able to ferry the plane for a couple of weeks.
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If you're still looking for someone to ferry an airplane I could most certainly assist.
 
He posted in the Spin Zone earlier today. Guess he's not that far off the grid.
 
Oh man, turning one of these into a flying machine would require an act of God lol. I'm going aboard with an ATB tanker company to learn the lightering trade. These are 20,000+ barrel tanker barges with loaded drafts of 32' driven big high power tugs in the notch that go out to deep water, play bumper boats with huge VLCC tankers, and either take all their load or enough for drafts to get them into port. Seems someone was keen to see my name come up, I'll figure out who Monday when I go to the office. So for the last 2 weeks I've been in Tankerman PIC class now I have to do my 90 days on tank ships and 10 cargo transfers for the full tanker endorsement on my ticket. Luckily it's stateside and 21 on 21 off.
 
Henning said:
Oh man, turning one of these into a flying machine would require an act of God lol. I'm going aboard with an ATB tanker company to learn the lightering trade. These are 20,000+ barrel tanker barges with loaded drafts of 32' driven big high power tugs in the notch that go out to deep water, play bumper boats with huge VLCC tankers, and either take all their load or enough for drafts to get them into port. Seems someone was keen to see my name come up, I'll figure out who Monday when I go to the office. So for the last 2 weeks I've been in Tankerman PIC class now I have to do my 90 days on tank ships and 10 cargo transfers for the full tanker endorsement on my ticket. Luckily it's stateside and 21 on 21 off.
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Kinda sounds like fun. Certainly more interesting than flying a desk.

Ramming speed!
 
denverpilot said:
Kinda sounds like fun. Certainly more interesting than flying a desk.

Ramming speed!
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The stakes make it a bit intense, but I've got my 25 in with no accidents in some pretty sizable pieces of equipment; this will however be the heaviest and deepest by far. This is one you don't really get to **** up, you do you go to prison like the pilot who hit the Bay Bridge to Oakland and had the fuel spill; but the product still has to get to the dock. They give you big assed fenders to pull along side against the ship and you have some speed for handling, but you try to lay up easy regardless. I worked longer barge strings with way worse power to weight ratios, that's for sure, but much less draft lol. 25 with no accidents is what it takes for insurability for pilotage positions and this company is all in house pilots. I figure since the office is in Tampa someone remembered me from watching me for 18 hrs straight on CNN & TWC during Frances...:rofl::rofl::rofl: Anyway, Charles Murdock from the AMO union is my Hero for taking pity on a destitute seaman.;) Anyway, they even sponsored me the $4k class.
 
Will this be your main gig for a while?
 
Lots of mass, lots of inertia. You'll probably do well.

If not, maybe there's a prison near an airport where we could hold a fly-in so you could see us all land after flying overhead. ;)
 
Henning said:
We'll see how it goes, lot to learn still on the tankering end, but it's a sweet opportunity that leads to a $280k part time job.
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Wow. A job in America where 25 years experience also comes with a serious paycheck. I'm impressed.

25 years in IT will give you a headache from fixing the kid's tankers they've already crashed into the bridge and enough to buy a cup at Starbucks. ;)
 
denverpilot said:
Lots of mass, lots of inertia. You'll probably do well.

If not, maybe there's a prison near an airport where we could hold a fly-in so you could see us all land after flying overhead. ;)
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There's so much inertia even the engines and props have their own inertia issues to factor in.:eek:;) The trick is being good at 'seeing' closing rates and results in a multi fluid environment and being able to judge position 'by guess and by golly' as we used to say racing under sail.:lol: There a few nifty to big boat handling tricks like them seeking deep water which makes life easy if you learn to work it rather than fight it. Then there's stepping my bow onto his bow wave just right to get it brought in smooth.
 
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denverpilot said:
Lots of mass, lots of inertia. You'll probably do well.

If not, maybe there's a prison near an airport where we could hold a fly-in so you could see us all land after flying overhead. ;)
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Give the term "overhead break" a whole new meaning, :rofl:
 
How different is this from the kids they have driving aircraft carriers?
 
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Jaybird180 said:
How different is this from the kids they have driving aircraft carriers?
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Worlds, the kid is steering by someones orders, the captain is responsible and the pilot is the guy giving the close handling instructions coming into port. In this situation all three jobs are wrapped into one person. Oh yeah, add a zero to the pay of the kid at the helm of a carrier.
 
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Henning said:
Worlds, the kid is steering by someones orders, the captain is responsible and the pilot is the guy giving the close handling instructions coming into port. In this situation all three jobs are wrapped into one person. Oh yeah, subtract a zero from the pay of the kid at the helm of a carrier.
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FTFY:wink2:
 
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