Posted: 5/14/2026 2:25:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: CanaryCamaro][Edited]
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Who’s the AtlasAir pilot? Is he at DFW today?? Attached File Obligatory A380 pic as well Attached File @timeontarget |
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Originally Posted By denverdan: I believe he’s retired. Yep, I'm retired, but I have flown into DFW in the past. Here is a shot from the cargo ramp at DFW with the nose door open. Attached File Jojo says hi! He's my retirement project... Attached File |
"I will leave when I have your wounded." MAJ Kelly
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Originally Posted By TimeOnTarget: Yep, I'm retired, but I have flown into DFW in the past. Here is a shot from the cargo ramp at DFW with the nose door open. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/IMG_6023_jpeg-3762625.JPG Jojo says hi! He's my retirement project... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/IMG_9038_jpeg-3762628.JPG Congratulations on your retirement! I must have missed that thread. I’ve seen one of your planes at DFW before but next snapped a picture. We landed 45 min early from SNA so I stopped this time. |
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Originally Posted By CanaryCamaro: Congratulations on your retirement! I must have missed that thread. I’ve seen one of your planes at DFW before but next snapped a picture. We landed 45 min early from SNA so I stopped this time. THANKS! It's always bitter sweet. I went out a bit early before the mandatory retirement age of 65. I have been going hard since 911 between the military and Atlas. I was burnt out. I was at Atlas for 18 years and I am grateful for the experience, but I had my fill of it. Flying at Atlas is unlike any other airline in the world. We have more 747s than any company in the world, and our mission varies greatly. I was in a war zone one day and in paradise the next. Attached File Attached File Attached File |
"I will leave when I have your wounded." MAJ Kelly
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Attached File Dumping fuel while diverting to NRT during an emergency... Attached File Climbing out of Hong Kong, Attached File |
"I will leave when I have your wounded." MAJ Kelly
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Originally Posted By TimeOnTarget: THANKS! It's always bitter sweet. I went out a bit early before the mandatory retirement age of 65. I have been going hard since 911 between the military and Atlas. I was burnt out. I was at Atlas for 18 years and I am grateful for the experience, but I had my fill of it. Flying at Atlas is unlike any other airline in the world. We have more 747s than any company in the world, and our mission varies greatly. I was in a war zone one day and in paradise the next. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/IMG_0014_jpeg-3762998.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/IMG_6904_jpeg-3762999.JPG https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/IMG_2645_jpeg-3763002.JPG Flying over my place @ 34,000   
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I spent a lot if time in the Dream Lifter... Attached File |
"I will leave when I have your wounded." MAJ Kelly
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Originally Posted By whiskerz: Congrats on retirement and the GSD. I love my GSD. Best dogs ever. Attached File ToT is living the life. I took an Atlas 74 out of Kuwait in 2021. That was my first (and only) ride in the queen of the skies. Sat upper deck, which is something I’ve wanted to do since I was a kid. |
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Thanks guys! I still look up in the sky when I hear an aircraft fly over, but I am really enjoying my time on the ground. I flew some flights out of Kuwait. We may have been on the same flight... Departing Kuwait with US military passengers. Attached File Attached File |
"I will leave when I have your wounded." MAJ Kelly
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We play a lot of tug. Attached File |
"I will leave when I have your wounded." MAJ Kelly
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Originally Posted By TimeOnTarget: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/SkyCargo2_jpeg-3763004.JPG Dumping fuel while diverting to NRT during an emergency... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/IMG_6212_jpeg-3763006.JPG Climbing out of Hong Kong, https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/432675/IMG_2830_jpeg-3763008.JPG "Dumping Fuel" you say ... More like ... Attached File Congratulations on both your retirement & on your new "best buddy". Bigger_Hammer 
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LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY,
BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT SHOUTING "HOLY $H!T...WHAT A RIDE"!!
BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT SHOUTING "HOLY $H!T...WHAT A RIDE"!!