James D Price was born in Tooele, Utah, 1947. Jim writes pilot study guides and
logs to help aircraft owners track their aircraft's usage and expenses.
Graduate of Brigham Young University, 1970
Commissioned through Air Force ROTC, BYU, 1970
Early Air Force Service
• Pilot Training, Vance AFB, OK 1970 - 1971
• Vietnam, flying C-7A Caribou 1971 - 1972
• Fairchild AFB, WA, KC-135A 1972 – 1976
Post Air Force
• B-707 Flight Engineer and Line Check Engineer (Instructor), Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) 1976 – 1977
• Utah Division of Aeronautics, 1978 – 1978
• Hughes Air West B-727 Flight Engineer and Line Check Engineer (Instructor), 1978 – 1979
Airline Furlough and Air Force Recall
• T-38 Instructor Pilot, Vance AFB, OK, 1980 – 1984
Return to the Airlines
Hughes Airwests’s successor - Republic Airlines and its successor, Northwest Airlines, 1984 – 2005
• DC-9 First Officer
• A-320 First Officer and Instructor
• DC-9 Captain
• B-757 Captain
• A-320 Captain
Licenses
CFI-I, MEI and ATP
Air Force Reserves Service:
Selfridge Air National Guard Base, MI, 1984 – 1987
• C-130A
• C-130E
• Active Duty 6 ½ months, Gulf War, 1990 – 1991 – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, C-130
• KC-135E
• Retired Colonel. Vice Commander, 927 Air Refueling Wing Selfridge ANGB, MI