Sape
Mullender (sape@plan9.bell-labs.com)Sape
Mullender (sape@plan9.bell-labs.com)
I learned to fly during a four-month sabbatical at Bell Laboratories
where I was introcuced to flying by several people in or near the Unix
room: Ken Thompson, Dave Presotto, Fred Grampp, and Paul Glick. I joined
their flying club, 150th Aero Flying
Club based at Morristown Municipal
Airport and started lessons in March 1996. John Martin taught me; we
had lessons almost daily, weather permitting and I soloed on the 16th of
April. One thing led to another. I took my final checkride on June
28th, literally the day before returning to Amsterdam and here is the result:
me proudly standing next to N738SQ after taking up my partner Connie the
day after the checkride.
I obtained my complex endorsement and instrument rating under the tutelage of
Ken Thompson,
with finishing touches provided by George Finlay.
This is Ken flying Cessna 182RG N4757T,
taken from N3054E (since
the picture was taken, 57T has gone to the paint shop for a new coat of
paint; it is now blue). My report on flying
the North Atlantic and taking a Sea
Survival Course is too big to include here. But you can find
it here.
