Jim "Hornit" Campisi
SimHQ Contributing Editor

"Hornit" is currently an airline pilot working for Delta Air Lines out of Atlanta, GA. Jim is a certified aircraft addict, interested and active in anything connected with aviation. His interest in aviation and the military goes back as far as he can remember. Jim graduated from college with a degree in aeronautical science in 1982 with over 500 hours of civilian pilot time and many ratings. Jim earned his Navy wings of gold during 1984 and did a tour as a flight instructor in the T-2C Buckeye in Kingsville, TX. Jim then went on to fly the A-7E Corsair II and the F-18C Hornet out of Jacksonville, FL at Naval Air Station Cecil Field. Jim's background includes over 2,000 hours of tactical jet flight time. He flew with the reserves for a few years until family time became more important and he decided to get out. Currently he holds an airline transport pilot(ATP) rating and flies the Boeing 757 and 767. In his spare time he flies single engine Cessnas out of his home town airport in Peachtree City, GA. Jims flying experience includes just over 12,000 hours total flight time in a myriad of aircraft and 253 carrier arrestements during two cruises aboard the USS Nimitz, and USS America.

Jim's passion for computer simulations was a natural outgrowth of his interest and love of aviation. 1994 marked the first PC for Jim and of course flight sims topped the list of things to do with it. He is also a hardware nut and enjoys building and tweaking his own systems. Many of you are already familair with Hornit's involvement with several flight simulations and his list of projects is growing every day. He is very active in many of the forums and can frequently be found there answering questions and providing a real world perspective to our combat simulations. Jim's other hobbies include scale plastic modeling and competition, hiking, skiing, drawing and painting.

"I am honored to be a member of this organization and look forward to promoting and enhancing flight simulations wherever and whenever I can"

Jim is 41 years old and has a wonderful understanding wife and 3 great kids.

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