LOU wrote on Jun 6^th, 2011 at 1:17am:

pj747 asked: Lou, what landing in your career was the best ever? The last landing I made into KSTL in a 757. Landed and taxied into the gate in the same minute. I turned to my F/O and said..."that's it, I retire!"  :) Never scratched a plane in all my years of flying, I think that makes for a good landing - don't you?  8-) Lou

Would that count as the best or the worst? For me, giving up something I loved for 40 years would have been very hard, even if it was the right time to do it.

When I first got licensed, my goal was to fly for the 'majors'. I never got there for a variety of reasons, the single biggest one being 5'8", 120lbs, and blonde   ;)  but I did make it to a 'commuter' as they were called back in the day.  I still putt around in friends planes now but it's not the same.

If it wasn't for FSX and some of the outstanding developers I would be in a constant state of withdrawel! That and some friends who fly for the airlines  and tell me their stories from time to time keep me sorta in the loop, which is why I started this thread way back.

Thanks Lou for sharing, for a lot of us it's as close as we will ever get to the real FL350, 500kts, and a load of passengers!