by Tdarcos » Sun Jul 07, 2019 5:03 pm
A Wikipedia article on Larry Ellison, 4th richest man in the world and founder of Oracle Corporation, claimed he is a licensed commercial pilot. So I decided to go look, by querying the FAA's public database of pilots. And yes, he's in there:
Personal Information
LAWRENCE JOSEPH ELLISON
745 MOUNTAIN HOME RD
WOODSIDE CA 94062-2517
County: SAN MATEO
Country: USA
Medical Information:
Medical Class: Second Medical Date: 10/2008
MUST HAVE AVAILABLE GLASSES FOR NEAR VISION.
BasicMed Course Date: None BasicMed CMEC Date: None
Certificates
COMMERCIAL PILOT
Certificates Description
Certificate: COMMERCIAL PILOT
Date of Issue: 6/4/2010
Ratings:
COMMERCIAL PILOT
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
Type Ratings:
C/CE-525
Limits:
ENGLISH PROFICIENT
A Wikipedia article on Larry Ellison, 4th richest man in the world and founder of Oracle Corporation, claimed he is a licensed commercial pilot. So I decided to go look, by querying the FAA's public database of pilots. And yes, he's in there:
[size=85][u]Personal Information[/u]
LAWRENCE JOSEPH ELLISON
745 MOUNTAIN HOME RD
WOODSIDE CA 94062-2517
County: SAN MATEO
Country: USA
[u]Medical Information:[/u]
[u]Medical Class:[/u] Second [u]Medical Date:[/u] 10/2008
MUST HAVE AVAILABLE GLASSES FOR NEAR VISION.
[u]BasicMed Course Date:[/u] None [u]BasicMed CMEC Date:[/u] None
[u]Certificates[/u]
COMMERCIAL PILOT
[u]Certificates Description[/u]
[u]Certificate:[/u] COMMERCIAL PILOT
[u]Date of Issue:[/u] 6/4/2010
[u]Ratings:[/u]
COMMERCIAL PILOT
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
[u]Type Ratings:[/u]
C/CE-525
[u]Limits:[/u]
ENGLISH PROFICIENT[/size]