-=> Quoting Jim Cole to Murray Wallace <=-
JC>I remember the thing that
 JC> totally fascinated  me was the trim wheel rotating.  I never got over
 JC> seeing that as it was  new to me.
 Did you ever forget and leave the handle sticking out? The
 first time I did this it almost took my right knee off when
 the F/O trimmed the airplane!
 JC>  I'm also trying to remember the Production Test Pilot
 JC> that checked me out in the DC-9.  O yes! it's coming back to me now it
 JC> was Dave Weibach (sounds like).  I understand that he moved up to
 JC> lofter  heights with MD and don't know what happened to him but I guess
 JC> he is  retired.
I did a couple of DC-9 Acceptance tests with Dave in around
'68. Nice guy, like most of their pilots. I imagine he is
retired, though I don't think MD held them to the age 60
rule that shot you and I down. Air Canada stuck to that,
although in Canada you can still hold an ATP over that age,
and if you did drop to a lower licence you still held all
your endorsements. I finally had a private with a B-747
endorsement, but I could never find one for rent!
We're planning on spending most of the summer here, although
I go up home at least once a month to pay the bills and
check on everything.
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