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Congrats Gary Fournerat on passing the PPL course! |
DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM
Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'd rather be flying!"
Church Hill, TN USA
862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs,
165.2 hours online
299 legs,
485.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
June 01 2006 23:37 ET by George Lewis
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Congrats goes out to Gary Fournerat, DVA3068, who passed his PPL checkride tonight! Great job Gary!
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DVA1763
Senior Captain, B757-200
Joined on June 29 2004
Everett 250 Club
Online Six Century Club
Seven Century Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Oklahoma City, OK
723 legs, 2,015.0 hours
645 legs,
1,824.0 hours online
585 legs,
1,608.7 hours ACARS
10 legs,
44.8 hours event
740 legs, 2,044.9 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
June 01 2006 23:51 ET by Steve Pickle
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Congrats Gary! I bet George really tested ya on that checkride...
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DVA2817
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on January 17 2006
Southeastern United States
72 legs, 252.2 hours
24 legs,
93.3 hours online
58 legs,
209.9 hours ACARS
1 legs,
7.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 00:35 ET by Dakota Smith
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Congrats!
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DVA2086
Senior Captain, B767-300
E-MAIL
Joined on January 12 2005
Online Double Century Club
Six Century Club
50 State Club
Sharpsburg, GA USA
643 legs, 1,866.3 hours
505 legs,
1,417.9 hours online
418 legs,
1,380.2 hours ACARS
63 legs,
196.8 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 07:57 ET by Chris Williams
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Awesome job, Gary. Did you learn a lot?
Chris WilliamsSenior Captain, B767-300
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DVA1855
Senior Captain, B777-200
OLP
Joined on August 28 2004
50 State Club
Everett 250 Club
Kangaroo Club
Online Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fleet Master
"Life Begins @ Vmc Life Ends @ Vne+1"
Philadelphia, PA
436 legs, 1,824.8 hours
113 legs,
445.8 hours online
297 legs,
1,208.2 hours ACARS
9 legs,
47.9 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 08:00 ET by Andrew Rogers
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Congrats!!
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DVA613
Senior Captain, B727-200
OLP, VFRADV
Joined on June 17 2002
50 State Club
Events Century Club
Million Mile Club
US Coastal Club
US Mountaineer Club
Commuter Conquest
Globetrotter
Everett Millennium Club
Bi-Millennium Club
Online Twenty Century
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
"Beware of the Green Baron!"
Charlotte, NC USA
2,509 legs, 4,025.8 hours
2,328 legs,
3,644.8 hours online
2,142 legs,
3,186.8 hours ACARS
130 legs,
238.7 hours event
165 legs dispatched, 103.9
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 10:01 ET by David Keech
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Great Job!
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DVA2533
Senior Captain, EMB-120
OLP, COMM
Joined on July 27 2005
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Commuter Conquest
Dorval 500 Club
US Coastal Club
Online Fifteen Century
US Mountaineer Club
Bi-Millennium Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Winter Springs, FL USA
2,089 legs, 2,755.4 hours
1,762 legs,
2,302.1 hours online
1,907 legs,
2,470.3 hours ACARS
29 legs,
31.6 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 10:14 ET by Jim Warner
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Gary, Way to go!!
Jim WarnerSenior Captain, EMB-120
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DVA2855
Captain, MD-11
Joined on January 29 2006
Online Double Century Club
Long Beach Century Club
Quatercentenary Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
"Cleared to Land, Delta 2855 Heavy!!!"
Glenville, WV
467 legs, 1,453.6 hours
431 legs,
1,349.6 hours online
414 legs,
1,306.4 hours ACARS
10 legs,
40.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 10:56 ET by Michael Holmes
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Way to go Gary!!! Yeah he really does test you on that 2.5hr checkride let me tell you from experience!!!
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DVA3068
Captain, L-1011-100
Joined on April 18 2006
Online Double Century Club
Quincentenary Club
"I'm retired... go around!"
Grand Prairie, TX USA
585 legs, 1,540.2 hours
466 legs,
1,250.8 hours online
553 legs,
1,456.8 hours ACARS
7 legs,
23.3 hours event
788 legs, 2,051.8 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 13:12 ET by Gary Fournerat
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Thank you George, Steve, Dakota, Chris, Andy, David, Jim, and Mike!!! 
To answer yall's questions, yes, I definitely learned a lot. And the checkride with George was certainly a little stressful, as it was my time to "show what I've got".
A few weeks ago, showing George what I've got would have taken about 10 minutes; not 2.5 hours. It would have gone something like this... I'd dial-in a few gauges, and then say, "George, watch me hit this AP button".
Thanks guys, because I'm sincerely appreciative of your congrats, but the REAL HERO here, the guy my hat comes off to, the guy that taught me the skills to show to George on the checkride, is a man you won't hear very much from... he doesn't live for glory or praise. He unselfishly gave his time, to make me a better pilot, as he will with all his students. He's the one that suffered through my inability to hold an altitude or speed. He's the one that walked me through the checklist, talked me through correct ATC procedures, and guided me through NDB approaches (yes, there are more ways to land than jumping on the localizer). He will always be my mentor, and hopefully my friend. He's earned my respect, and hopefully yours as well. He's a Certified Flight Instrutor at the DVA Flight Academy, and his name is SCOTT CLARKE.
Please join with me in saying, "GREAT JOB SCOTT!!!!!!!!!!!"
Sincerely,
Gary Fournerat, PPL
DVA3068-KLCH
Gary FourneratCaptain, L-1011-100
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DVA2370
Senior Captain, B737-800
OLP, COMM, VFRADV
Joined on May 26 2005
Online Triple Century Club
Commuter Conquest
Six Century Club
Stage 1 Prop Triple Century Club
50 State Club
US Coastal Club
DVA Twenty-Year Anniversary
Flagler Beach, FL USA
675 legs, 726.8 hours
319 legs,
311.4 hours online
179 legs,
146.1 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.6 hours event
0 legs dispatched, 4.0
hours
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Posted onPost created on
June 02 2006 19:35 ET by Scott Clarke
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Gary: First, Congrats on passing the PPL course with our taskmaster, George Lewis. I want to thank you for the kind words, now I have to live up to them......I hope that all of the pilots that have and are taking the PPL so far have learned something from the course and had fun doing it. We hope it made you a better pilot. George, Jim and I are working on the commercial and instrument courses right now. So practice what you learned and look forward to seeing you in these new courses when they are released ...Again, thanks for the kudo's and glad you had fun....enjoyed flying with you..
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DVA2634
Captain, B777-200
Joined on October 10 2005
Midwestern United States
71 legs, 233.7 hours
20 legs,
52.8 hours online
33 legs,
148.0 hours ACARS
1 legs,
1.7 hours event
95 legs, 343.5 hours total
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Posted onPost created on
June 03 2006 02:56 ET by Tom Meyer
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Congrats Gary! Great job. 
Tom MeyerCaptain, B777-200
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