CASSIDY PHOTOGRAPHY
Retired in 2014 after a career spanning 36 years
When I was a young boy, I dreamt of one day becoming a pilot. My first completed application packet, including military aviation medical, Flight Aptitude Test scores, interview assessment was simply thrown into the trash, in 1975. I was transferred to another unit and reapplied for Army flight training. I was selected for the US Army Warrant Officer Rotary-Wing Aviator Course, Class 78-37, in September 1977. I entered Army flight school, 27 May 1978, as a "Snowbird" and graduated on 23 March 1979. After separating from Active Duty with the US Army, 23 March 1982, I began my civilian flying career, as Commercial Pilot. Between December 1983 and September 1987, I had airline interviews with United Airlines and American Airlines. Back then, they surely were not interested in former US Army helicopter pilots. I recall during my interview with United Airlines the three senior pilots, whom flew during WWII, seated across the table interviewing me were making jokes between themselves about helicopters. I was not selected. It was then that I made up my mind that I would one day fly the Boeing 747, as a Captain. So, as it happened, I went from flying Boeing 747-200 aircraft, as a First Officer to being selected and then graduating from Flight Safety/Boeing, 1 July 1999, from the Boeing 747-400 Transition and Captain upgrade course, little more than 20 years after graduating Army flight school. On 15 September 1999, FAA Examiner William M. Bumpus signed me off, after our successful flight from SEA to ANC. At the time, I did not know how famous he was or anything of his career (obits.postandcourier.com/us/obituaries/charleston/name/wi...). The Boeing 747-400 was the first transport-category jet I had ever flown as a Captain. It was only years later that I flew the Boeing 747-300 and 747-200 as a Captain, followed by the Boeing 737-800 and 737-700 aircraft. My father and mother taught me that I can do anything I make my mind up to doing.
US FAA issued pilot certificates:
• Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Airplane Multiengine Land
• Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Rotorcraft-Helicopter (Instrument) + various Types Ratings
• Commercial Privileges Airplane Single Engine Land and Sea, Airplane Multiengine Sea
• Flight Instructor Airplane Single Engine and Multiengine, Rotorcraft Helicopter, Instrument Airplane and Helicopter
• Mechanic Airframe, Powerplant
Airline Transport Pilot Certificates also issued from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Iceland (validation as a Boeing 747-300/200 Captain), Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan (all as a Captain).
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Retired in 2014 after a career spanning 36 years
When I was a young boy, I dreamt of one day becoming a pilot. My first completed application packet, including military aviation medical, Flight Aptitude Test scores, interview assessment was simply thrown into the trash, in 1975. I was transferred to another unit and reapplied for Army flight training. I was selected for the US Army Warrant Officer Rotary-Wing Aviator Course, Class 78-37, in September 1977. I entered Army flight school, 27 May 1978, as a "Snowbird" and graduated on 23 March 1979. After separating from Active Duty with the US Army, 23 March 1982, I began my civilian flying career, as Commercial Pilot. Between December 1983 and September 1987, I had airline interviews with United Airlines and American Airlines. Back then, they surely were not interested in former US Army helicopter pilots. I recall during my interview with United Airlines the three senior pilots, whom flew during WWII, seated across the table interviewing me were making jokes between themselves about helicopters. I was not selected. It was then that I made up my mind that I would one day fly the Boeing 747, as a Captain. So, as it happened, I went from flying Boeing 747-200 aircraft, as a First Officer to being selected and then graduating from Flight Safety/Boeing, 1 July 1999, from the Boeing 747-400 Transition and Captain upgrade course, little more than 20 years after graduating Army flight school. On 15 September 1999, FAA Examiner William M. Bumpus signed me off, after our successful flight from SEA to ANC. At the time, I did not know how famous he was or anything of his career (obits.postandcourier.com/us/obituaries/charleston/name/wi...). The Boeing 747-400 was the first transport-category jet I had ever flown as a Captain. It was only years later that I flew the Boeing 747-300 and 747-200 as a Captain, followed by the Boeing 737-800 and 737-700 aircraft. My father and mother taught me that I can do anything I make my mind up to doing.
US FAA issued pilot certificates:
• Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Airplane Multiengine Land
• Airline Transport Pilot Certificate Rotorcraft-Helicopter (Instrument) + various Types Ratings
• Commercial Privileges Airplane Single Engine Land and Sea, Airplane Multiengine Sea
• Flight Instructor Airplane Single Engine and Multiengine, Rotorcraft Helicopter, Instrument Airplane and Helicopter
• Mechanic Airframe, Powerplant
Airline Transport Pilot Certificates also issued from Australia, China, Hong Kong, Iceland (validation as a Boeing 747-300/200 Captain), Papua New Guinea, and Taiwan (all as a Captain).
cassidyphotography.net/aviation-consultancy-cassidy-enter...