What are your flying Objectives in 2009

[Cricket23]

Lister's thread about flying hours in 2008 got me thinking about the year ahead. So I was wondering what people were intending. Hopefully the thread will allow people to share good ideas.

Mine are:

1) Start my IMC training

2) To fly at least 30 hrs (modest I know, but I have to be realistic)

3) To visit at least 5 (new to me) airfields. One of which will be Brunty to see the Vulcan and Lightnings.

4) Take more pax up for the joy of flight.

That's it for starters. If the thread develops I could resurrect it say every quarter for and end-of-term update.

Regards,

C23

[Mike Parsons]

o Pass Air Law in Jan
o Get the other exams out of the way before summer.
o Start training at the start of the summer or late spring
o Logged at least 35 P/UT hours before the end of the year.

Everyone has to start somewhere, right!?

[BRL]

3) To visit at least 5 (new to me) airfields. One of which will be Brunty to see the Vulcan and Lightnings.

If you are going from Redhill and want some talking ballast then give us a shout. Wouldn't mind seeing them myself. :)

[AlexXeno]

To complete PPL.

[DavidHoul52]

1) Start regular flying after a break of nearly three months
2) Moving to a flying club more convenient to where I live.
3) I have promised to fly my brother to Oxford when he visits from South Africa in March. (He's an academic)
4) Get my night rating.
5) Get checked out on a PA-28.
6) France?
7) Scotland again?

[PompeyPaul]

Keep my job
Get my IMC
Get my FAA piggy back license
Get revalidated

Although, after the past few weeks of weather, I'd be happy to get airborne and south of Guildford! :eek:

[Andy_R]

CPL
ME
IR
MCC

That should keep me busy :ooh:

Oh, and any aeros I can get :cool:

[IO540]

Istanbul, probably. One stop in Croatia somewhere.

[Pilotdom]

Keep my Job!

Get a share-o-plane (equity or non-equity)
Jersey Air Rally
50hours PIC

[172driver]

Flying holiday in Oz
IR/CPL


Should keep me out of trouble....;)

[140KIAS]

no. landings = no. take offs

[jonkil]

1. Fly to the UK/Scotland/Wales a few times this year again with the usual crew, and take in Spamfield/Popham Microlight rally and the LAA rally.
2. Fly to Blois in France for the ULM Rally in August.
3. Land in the 32 counties of Ireland in one day and raise a good bit of dough for the hospice movement in the process.
4. Fly as many new types as possible.
5. Fly a flex-wing P1.

[IFMU]

1) Finish my instrument ticket
2) earn my commercial power ticket
3) earn my commercial glider ticket

Of the 3 I think the first will be the most challenging.

-- IFMU

[Leezyjet]

As I've just finished my IR, I'll be looking to complete MCC then get a job and a type rating once I have the world's most expensive book issued. :ok:

I'd also like to finish my round UK flight that I tried to do back in March, but didn't quite make it out of England and now that I will have a UK license, I would like to make a few trips into Europe - shame that Templehof is now closed as I'd have loved to have gone there :(

:)

[will5023]

Finish my DA
Take a holiday with my girlfriend(she likes flying!!)
Get to the LAA Rally
And be safe.

[XXPLOD]

1. Complete last 2 hours of night rating.

2. Cross channel check-out.

3. Fly >30 hours (only 20 this year, mainly due to weather/time constraints).

4. Give serious thought to aircraft share. Current microlight share is great, but I have an eye on the hours 'counting' towards any future plans, so a share in a group A plane might be better.

5. Do a long trip away, maybe overnight somewhere.

[dont overfil]

To visit England, Ireland, Wales, Europe, USA and the Bahamas again. Oh yes! and pass my medical again.
DO.

[Cricket23]

Hi BRL, yes I'll be going from Redhill, and sure I'll be happy to take you. I'll give you a shout. Not sure when it'll be yet.

Everybody else - good stuff, keep it coming.

C23

[gpn01]

To fly 500km in the UK without an engine
To fly 300km at 80km/h (again without an engine)
To improve my aerobatics
To continue to teach good airmanship
To help others to progress beyond what they thought they were capable of

[NorthRider]

1 Get as mutch instrument time as possible
2 Get FIFI endorsement (possible but unprobable)
3 Have fun! (Guaranteed)

[Dop]

Rather annoyingly in my case I'm having to put it all on hold as I can't currently afford to do as much flying as I would need to do to get back up to test standard after having lost so much booked lesson time to bad weather the last few years.

Hopefully when my financial situation picks up I'll be able to start over - as I'm sure I'll miss flying dreadfully.

[rusty sparrow]

To get as much strip flying experience as I can before the money runs out! To get another contract next week to pay for this.

[shortstripper]

Get a new workshop (the old one went with the house and job that I no longer have :hmm: )
Start building my next aeroplane.
Fly something (anything) to keep my hand in.
Attend the LAA rally at least, and hopefully by air.

SS

[liam548]

to finish my PPL. Start building my hours up and start some ATPL distant learning ... :)

[Justiciar]

Pass all eight CPL exams
Renew IMC, which has lapsed for a year
Get the 300 nm cross country under my belt
Get some serious hours on the Chipmunk
Renew Class 1 before I end up having to do another initial


Good for starters:ok:

[miket_68]

After checking my log books, 9.2 FW and 9.4 Rotary. not this week, not even this month.

For an entire year!!

ATPL theory 1/2 done will fly more in 09, no really I will

Mike

[overandout]

Aim to fly around the world in july?

[wings on stornoway]

I hope to get flying my own plane as a student this year ! well we all start somewhere!!

Wings On Stornoway

[Kickatinalong]

SURVIVAL 2009:ok:
That's all.
Kickatinalong

[VictorGolf]

Nothing too major but flying from Lands End to John O' Groats up one coast and down the other. A pal did it on a push bike that he bought for a fiver and slept in pub gardens all the way. Sounds like a plan.

[Captain Smithy]

Finish the PPL; do some intensive hour-building in the 'States; do the Night & IMC; start the ATPLs; renew the Class 1 Med.

Fancy visiting a few places once I have my license, e.g. Carlisle, the Western Isles, the Highlands.

How to fund all that? Not a clue. Have been putting away £££ for the hour-building and the ATPLs but as for the rest, smeg knows.

Smithy

[AGMac]

Hey everyone,

I'm brand new to this forum, so I'd like to start by saying it's been a pleasure reading through the content. Now, to participate:


Complete my night rating
Gain some experience VFR in Class B (all of my training was done in CYQR Class C)
Gain some experience flying over the Canadian/US border
Fly to Las Vegas (975nm from here)
Begin my IFR rating
Andrew

[popliviustefan]

hey! I'm also "new in town".
My goals for 2009:

- pass all the exams and get the frozen ATPL licence
- get my glider licence back
- fly solo in a glider again :sad:

[batninth]

As I only got signed off on my Coyote today (9 months later than planned!), my goal is to fly the thing in the coming year.

[AfricanEagle]

My aim is to rent an aeroplane and fly around Zambia if I can find an aeroplane to rent and if I ever manage to contact someone down there to get my licence validated :rolleyes:

[WALSue]

Get the PPL done, any thing else will be a bonus!

[cvlux]

More VFR flying.

[rv9abuilder]

Finish my rv9a
Test it
Fly it to the bottom of Africa - anyone want to join in?
Fly it back

[TheGorrilla]

Avoid big bollockings.

Avoid crashing.

[LambOfGod]

Pass GFPT
start/complete PPL:ok:

Have fun:}

I need money first:ugh:

[C-dog]

Fly to High Wycombe to visit family & impress grandson! :ok:

[n5296s]

-- finish my PPL-H
-- figure out what on (or rather, above) earth is going on in a Lomcevak
-- make rolling turns work
-- pluck up the courage to fly outside loops on my own
-- get my plane back from the avionics shop! (6 weeks so far for a "simple" autopilot installation)
-- maybe do my CPL-ASEL if I get time

n5296s

[the bald eagle]

Fly under Dartford bridge :E

Not bother talking to ATC :eek:

Revalidate my membership of the mile high club:cool:

And end up in prison for the 1st 2 wishes :ooh:

[PlasticPilot]

1. MEP + IFR in a DA42
2. Repect the budget
3. Make it fun

[Supersport]

>Fly to a few different airfields, namely Wellesbourne, Perranporth and Dundee.

>Get Tail Dragger rated, hopefully in a Chipmunk.

>Take CPL exams with a view to becoming an FI (Not the hour building type!).

>Flying to the moon would be nice, but think that's beyond the range of an Archer III:(.

SS:ok:

[student88]

To get a job well paid enough to fund my expensive new hobby.
To get a night rating so I can take my best friend flying on November 5th to watch all the pretty lights.
Not to die as a result from aspiration number 2.

[oversteer]

By the end of the year (or, practically, October) I hope to have:

- Bronze Badge
- Cross Country Endorsement
- Silver Badge

[JohnRayner]

Get my PPL within the next six weeks.

Get a share (hopefully!)

Get out and about - got friends from Glasgow to Truro that would benefit from a fly-in.

Gather enough experience have a stab at the mountain flying course in Courcheval at some point, either at year end or in 2010.

(but basically, not to be one of those people who PPL up then never use it! :ok:)

[waldopepper42]

1. Fly regularly
2. Keep my job.
3. Fly regularly
4. Compete at std level aerobatics
5. Fly regularly.

[avonflyer]

1) Go to a few new places perhaps Popham, Old Sarum
2) take a few people up with me
3) make it to Lands End (and back)
4) depending upon 3, its a confidence booster, start planning to go to the Scilly Isles

[grahama]

Great question.

I write down my objectives every year (dont complete them by a long way). Here are this year's;

1) Fly a seaplane or amphibian to Norway - Archangel in my Father's war-time footsteps (Coastal Command PBY Catalinas) - if I can hire a seaplane in UK!!

2) Complete IR, CPL, MEP, in Florida in Spring - any suggestions on school gratefully received.

3) Fly Piper Cub to Loch Earne Ireland

4) Complete aerobatics course with Ultimate High that was weathered off three times this year.

5) Fly at Aero Club Como as many times as possible

6) Keep Robin HR100/200B flying as much as possible

Find a way of paying for all of this!

[lc_aerobatics]

Finnish of my A320 type and line training.
Secure new base.
Get back to aeros and do really well at it.

[moona]

1) MEP Rating
2) IR
3) Have fun while doing it (not likely at IR training prices)

[Cricket23]

Thanks folks, there are some great replies on here, and a whole wide range from simply keeping jobs, to flying outside loops, embarking on new careers, but above all having fun.

Perhaps people would be kind enough to update their progress every once in a while - perhaps when you have ticked off something on the list.

By the way since my original post, I've cancelled two flights (weather) and not flown! Oh well!

Keep 'em coming.

Regards,

Cricket

[TheAviatorFilly]

To get my PPL(A) and and start my CPL theory

[lazysundays]

Empty my bank account on an IR, sell my worldly possessions on Ebay, move to the SE Asian jungle, start a job paying about 20% of what I make currently on the ground.

Wouldn't have it any other way! ;-)

[Chequeredflag]

1. Stay healthy (having lost 5 months of flying in 2008 due to loss of medical, now reinstated)

2. Complete IMC

3. Spread my wings a bit more. The route from Coventry - Bembridge - Swansea - Coventry, all plotted, but last two attempts thwarted by weather

4. Remain a cautious pilot!

[poss]

-Improve airmanship, discipline and situation awareness
-Hone flying skills and get CPL
-Touch and go at Auckland airport in a Robin 2160 VFR
-Tail dragger rating
-Get conversion training in a Piper Arrow

[glider12000]

1) Start my job with bmi as cabin crew, after losing it with XL in September

2) Get my Bronze finished

3) Cross Country Endorsement

[Lazy Gun]

1. Get my FI rating.
2. Get a job.
3. Teach.
4. Stay alive.
5. Do the IR.
6. Keep Mrs LG happy (see 2 +4). :}

LG

[146fixer]

1 To find some way to really enjoy flying and not get so bored
2 To get my 12 HRs in this year and not let my license lapse

[cats_five]

By the end of the year (or, practically, October) I hope to have:

- Bronze Badge
- Cross Country Endorsement
- Silver Badge

And while we are talking gliding:

- Gold height
- Diamond goal (300k declared flight)
- at least 50 hours in my glider.

PS Silver can be a big step from Bornze. Turning one's back on the launchpoint knowing one will land somewhere one has never seen before, and possibly having to choose the field, can be a big step. I did Silver Height & Duration pretty much within the month after getting Bronze & XC, getting the distance took another year. Good luck and enjoy yourself!

146fixer, take up gliding. Finding the lift to stay up there certainly stops it being boring...

[IFMU]

We are slowly running out of 2009. My stated objectives earlier:

1) Finish my instrument ticket
2) earn my commercial power ticket
3) earn my commercial glider ticket

Of the 3 I think the first will be the most challenging.

-- IFMU

Today I earned my instrument rating. A lot harder than I thought. Glad to have it behind me.

How are the rest of you doing on your objectives?

-- IFMU