From: Chad Irby
Date: 12/19/2003 5:03 PM Central Standard Time
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In article ,
"Mycroft" david wrote:

While I was watching the Scrap heap challenge that pitted the UK,
France & the US against each other to build an aircraft (Powered
flight centenary prog) the US pilot said this was his 96th aircrft
type he had flown. I was wondering if it is know who if anyone has
the record for most aircraft types & how many types have the pilots
here flown?

As a reference, Chuck Yeager had supposedly flown over 330 types and
models of aircraft as of his retirement... and that was 28 years ago.

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cirby at cfl.rr.com

Remember: Objects in rearview mirror may be hallucinations.
Slam on brakes accordingly.




From: Chad Irby
Date: 12/19/2003 5:03 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id:

In article ,
"Mycroft" david wrote:

While I was watching the Scrap heap challenge that pitted the UK,
France & the US against each other to build an aircraft (Powered
flight centenary prog) the US pilot said this was his 96th aircrft
type he had flown. I was wondering if it is know who if anyone has
the record for most aircraft types & how many types have the pilots
here flown?

As a reference, Chuck Yeager had supposedly flown over 330 types and
models of aircraft as of his retirement... and that was 28 years ago.

--
cirby at cfl.rr.com

Juan Jiminez of Aero-News Network has claimed to have flown over 1000 types.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired