Who has the best?

[Justarius]

We have not seen a post like this in a while.

Feel free to brag .... or not faintt:


Just wondering which Sim shops Around the world we all think are the best to work in. Please no names of people just attitudes and likes and tipical conflickscruch: .

I can say I have worked at 6 different shops under 9 different companies (due to contracts) and feel I have worked with some of the best in our business. bump:

[nastyb]

Which sim shops do you think are the best from your experience? You never named them.

[Bill Bisbing]

Charleston AFB - C124C Sim Shop 64 - 68 I was low man on the pole for all 4 years and enjoyed the equipment and people - even the one who tried to straighten me out. After that right where I'm at now, that's 42 years and alot of sims and techs.

[Egyptian]

I would have to vote for Cannon AFB, 76-80, F111Ds. We had a great crew, worked well together and partied even better. I have not come across a better bunch since I got out in 80.

Egyptian

[bluesman]

I see where this is going. Is this the best sim shops of all time or the best sim shops now. We should clarify this now and possibly split it into two forum subjects.

[The Pirate]

FLEET COMBAT TRAINING CENTER PACIFIC, SAN DIEGO, CA-POINT LOMA, FORMERLY KNOWN AS FAAWTC. 1977-1980.
working mid-shift, opening up darby's at 7am and getting yelled at by the maint. chief when they walked in after day shift for a beer and we were still there!!!!
pos equipment, but still could be fixed with normal tools. TD's and DS's against AC's, OS's, DP's, EW's and ET's on the roof/heliport, playing volleyball with 15 ft nets, on non skid, to keep us from falling over the side, 3 stories down to the east and 200 ft down to the rocks on the west to the pacific, watching the whales migrate, and, come on, living in San Diego before the realestate boom of the 80's?? anyone ever heard af a bar called "The Stone Fox'??? on 52 nd in the U district???
whoo, lots of brain cells destroyed there.(and a few $1 bill's!demon: !? ! hhmmm)nutkick: innocent: pirate: pirate: pirate:

[guest]

A toss-up...

The Flying Tigers sim shop at LAX until 1989.

The Boeing sim shop at Long Beach under the care of GG jr.

[papajoe]

F4 (D's and E's) sim shop, Luke AFB, 75-80. Wasn't that happy about the desert but the shop and techs were great, several of whom I've had the pleasure to work with again. Some are still in the business.

[JoeDonB]

Hey PappaJoe,
Luke was my first base outa Tech School. I was on the F4D from Apr79-May80. Don't know if you remember Don Baker (thats me). Who are you?
This ain't Joe Donath is it?

[V-man]

I think my best was Kansas Air National Guard F4-D shop, 1986-1990, on McConnell AFB in Wichita, KS.

[papajoe]

Hey PappaJoe,
Luke was my first base outa Tech School. I was on the F4D from Apr79-May80. Don't know if you remember Don Baker (thats me). Who are you?
This ain't Joe Donath is it?

No, this is Pat Smith. I was back on the E models by the time you got there. Luke was also my first base out of Chanute (6/74 - 2/75) and the only base I was at on active duty ('2/75- 4/'80).

[SimDog]

Hey Pat, this is Frank. I remember going to your wedding. The last I heard you were at Tinker. Yeah, that was a good shop.

[papajoe]

"Hey Pat, this is Frank. I remember going to your wedding. The last I heard you were at Tinker. Yeah, that was a good shop."

Hey Frank, Long time no hear! Yea, I was at Tinker until 2001 when I got a call from FlightSafety to come and work as a Maintenacne Instructor. Been here in Broken Arrow every since and no plans to go elsewhere. Best job in the sim world. No day in and day out of regular maintenance and get to get my hands on the lastest technologies, from FSI anyway. Travel the world and every now and then get to see some old friends. I used to see Gary Russell every now and then and Mike McDonell and I still fish together whenever we can. Bill Nunn in with FSI in Tucson. Worked with Carl Johnson for several years at Barksdale. Of course Andy was there, as well. Got re-married last October to a girl from Jr High I always had a "crush" on. Life is good. How about you?

[LBLUNTX]

Is this the same Bill Nunn whose VW floated downstream in one of Phoenix's infamous flashflooding arroyos back in the early 70's.
I was at Luke from 73 to 74 on the E model that belonged to Smsgt Van Dusen.
It was a great place to work as we had 6 hour shifts when I first got there, later we went back to the old 8 hour shift, with BX breaks of course.
Good people and beer breaks after work. What more could you ask for?

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[SimDog]

If I remember it right it was Bill's car that went down the river. Working with Van was great.I was there from 73 to 77. I remember somebody doing a wheelie with their bike in the hallway outside the break room. Had to replace a few tiles.