Just being nosy.

[Glider Steve]

Questions

1. What licence do you have, or are you working towards?
2. How many hours do you have in your log book?
3. When was your first flying lesson and in what?
4. Career or just for fun?

Me?

1. NPPL (M)
2. 5 (ha ha)
3. August 2018 in a glider.
4. Just for fun!

Cheers
steve

[ArthurG]

1. PPL, NPPL (SSEA), NPPL (M)
2. Just over 200 microlight and Group A (mostly Gp A)
3. July 2018 in an EV97 Eurostar microlight
4. To feed the addiction! (Fun)

[gordonquinn]

Nice idea.

1. NPPL (SSEA), PPL(A) and just started Night Rating
2. Approx 90 - about 30 on Ikarus C42 and 60ish on PA28
3. 2011 on a Cessna 172
4. Just for fun!

[piperboy84]

FAA CPL IR
Appx.1500
1994 in 152
To view from above my little part of god's own country without the burdensome company of other members of the human race.

[ETOPS]

Oh go on then...

UK PPL, FAA PPL EASA ATPL
24,400
Sept 1972 Cessna 150 (it's still flying !!)
Fun then career now fun again

[360BakTrak]

1. UK & FAA PPL, Night, IMC (Lapsed)
2. 950
3. First PPL Lesson in July 1994, Cessna 152. First ever lesson, Air Cadet Grob 103 at Upavon 1993
4. Fun!

[DaveyJay85]

1. PPL(A)
2. 100
3. 2015 in a Grob 115
4. Strictly just for fun!

[tmmorris]

EASA PPL(A), IR(R) and night, 600hrs approx
april 2001 in a Tomahawk
just for fun

[mikehallam]

PPL A
1850
1969 C150 Bankstown.
Pleasure and ownership under PFA/LAA.

[Floppy Link]

ATPL(A), CPL(H)/IR
10700
1981 in a PA28
Career (now part-time) AND fun...fly helicopter at work and LAA permit a/c and SSDR at play

[Greeb]

PPL & glider
About 3000
1972 Blanik glider
fun

[ChampChump]

Just to satisfy the nosy:

1. PPL (plus rusty various glider instructor stuff)
2. 3440 power
3. 1984 Blanik
4. Fun & meeting others like-minded.

[Genghis the Engineer]

CPL/IR(R)/CRI, rated a bunch of stuff. Working to get the same ratings with FAA and a full IR - also just added aerobatics.
1770
Bulldog T1, 1990
Aviation Career and a commercial pilot's licence - but not a career pilot, and have never stopped flying for fun.

G

[callum_62]

1. What licence do you have, or are you working towards?
2. How many hours do you have in your log book?
3. When was your first flying lesson and in what?
4. Career or just for fun?

1. NPPL (M)
2. 15 hours (2 solo)
3. 4th June 2017 - Eurostar EV97
4. FUN

[gondukin]

1. What licence do you have, or are you working towards?
GPL + Silver C, NPPL(SLMG), LAPL(A) TMG, currently working towards upgrading to a full PPL(A)
2. How many hours do you have in your log book?
Around 90 hours on gliders (just under 60 as P1). 21 hours on motorgldiers (6 P1) and 6 hour PU/T on aeroplanes.
3. When was your first flying lesson and in what?
A trial at Shobon in a Cessna, some years ago (before I started gliding). First glider lesson was in a Twin Acro, also at Shobdon.
4. Career or just for fun?
Just for fun.

[chevvron]

1. Gliding 'C' Certificate and Air Cadet G1 (both well lapsed.); PPL(A)
2. About 400.
3. Oct 1964, Slingsby T21b Sedburgh (gliders); Oct 1971 Cessna 150 (powered)
4. Fun but when NATS sent me on a PPL course they said it was because I might be required to fly as part of my air traffic control duties.

[Dave Gittins]

1. Gliding A & C (don't think its lapsed though issue date was 1970 but definitely out of currency by about 15 yrs) UK PPL(A) & FAA PPL (OTBO)
2. about 400 last flew DA-40 on 11/11/18
3. Slingsby Cadet Mk III (1970) & Chippie about 1969
4. For the joy of flight in all its guises.

[LysanderV8]

1. Was EASA PPL(A), but now LAPL
2. 700
3. PA28 Nov 2001
4. Pure enjoyment

[Camargue]

1. PPL(A)
2. 550ish (but only about 400 since i got my ppl in 1991)
3. 1989 Bulldog T1
4. Just for fun

[skylimey]

1. What licence do you have, or are you working towards?
2. How many hours do you have in your log book?
3. When was your first flying lesson and in what?
4. Career or just for fun?

1. FAA ATPL
2. 2500
3. May 1981 C152
4. Fun, Career, Fun

[UV]

1.UK ATPL, US CPL Multi engined (Airplane and Seaplane). Silver C Gliding 1966. All medically lapsed!

2.11,500

3.October 1963 Ka2 glider!

4.Fun then Career

[Big Pistons Forever]

ATPL SMELS, Glider Pilot License. Flight Instructor and Aerobatic Instructor Ratings for both aeroplanes and gliders

TT 7600

October 1977, Cessna 150

Fun, then commercial, then government, but always kept active in General Aviation

[flyinkiwi]

PPL(A)
293
Trial flight was 3 June 2001, Cessna 172M ZK-DXO (first actual lesson (Effects of Controls) was 3 years later in a C152 Aerobat ZK-EJZ)
For fun (I get paid far more money in my IT career than I would ever make in aviation)

[4forward8back]

CPL(A) with the usual trimmings.
TT 2000+
June 1999. PA-28-161 VH-EWZ. YMPC.
Initially career flying. Now a desk based career, but the job requires the aviation qualifications. These days flying is just for fun and beer money.

[B2N2]

1.ATP
2. 11,500 hrs TT
3. Somewhere in ‘91 in a Piper Traumahawk.
Switched schools and finished up in a Pa-18-150
which is a proper airplane.
4. Career and a little fun on the side

[Romeo Tango]

PPL IR
4000
18/6/78 PA28
To go places

[Pilot DAR]

CPL(A) "SMELS" (which in Transport Canada code stands for "Single & Multi Engined, Land and Sea"), & PPL(H)
7300 hours
1975, Cessna 150 (I liked it so much, I have never not flown them, and have owned one for 31 years now)
Just for fun now....

[anxiao]

PPL then ATPL now PPL
19,900
Slingsby T31 glider, 1963
Fun then career now back to fun. It's been a great ride.

[Three Lima Charlie]

1. ATP(A), ATP(H), CPL(G), AGI, A&P, I.A. (FAA Master Pilot, 57 years.)
2. 12,000+
3. 1959, Aeronca 7AC
4. Flew Army (Vietnam), civil helicopter, bush pilot, corporate, etc. Now just own and fly aerobatics for fun.

[Tinstaafl]

1. Australia: ATPL(A), lapsed IR, lapsed Gr.1 ME instructor rating incl. aerobatic instructor
UK: ATPL(A) + IR, both lapsed
USA: ATP-MEL/SEL/SES, CFI/CFII/MEI, AGI
2. 8800
3. June 1983. C152
4. Career

[Sam Rutherford]

FAA & EASA CPL A & H
+/- 3500h.
1985 Chipmunk, Yayy! Good to see some Blaniks in the list - my first solo in 1988 was in a Blanik!
Fun then Career, now fun and career.

[Above The Clouds]

1. UK EASA ATPL (A), FAA ATPL (A). SEP MEP IR Instructor.
2. Somewhere around 13000h
3. 1983 for first lesson in a Blanik, 1983 first solo in a Blanik.
4. Fun then career, now still career and fun with my own aircraft.

[Sir Niall Dementia]

UK EASA ATPL (A) UK EASA ATPL (H)
17 500 (excluding 800 gliding)
1978 Tiger Moth
Fun, then career, now career and fun and still regret selling my 1974 C150, but also have a LAA single seat flutterby that reminds me of the start of it all.

SND

[Ben706]

1. UK EASA PPL (A),
2. 207
3. 2007 Waterford Airport Tecnam P2002-JF
4. Fun but now working on making it a Career

[Pilot DAR]

Welcome Ben,

As you can see already there is a breadth of experience here, all people contributing to our community....

[foxmoth]

1. ATPL (plus instructor rating)
2. 21k+
3. 1972 - Kirby Cadet glider (though AEF in dH Chipmunk prior to this)
4. Career - but always flown for fun as well.

[Collieflyer One]

1)CPL/IR, SEP, MEP, FI(A),Examiner
2)16,700
3)1993 C152
4)Career+fun

[JustOneMoreQuestion.]

1) UK PPL (EASA)
2) 58
3) 2009 (I think) in an IS28 Glider
4) Fun, with an aim to move into a career

[Deltasierra010]

1 Gliding 2 diamonds
2 1500 hrs
3 1986 Blanik glider
4 Pure enjoyment, tried to retire twice failed both times

[patowalker]

1. French ULM, PPL(A)M, NPPL (SSEA), FAA PPL, LAPL
2. 1100
3. 1985, Quicksilver MX II
4. Just fo fun.

[Priority Right]

1. EASA (UK) ATPL + Gliding Silver
2. 20,500 (+ 350 Gliding)
3. Blanik to ! 1979.
4. Career + fun,but not both at the same time ! Have share in SEP and about to buy a glider :)

[TCU]

1. Lapsed (2016) JAR PPL. Following a move to SA, the SA CAA are allowing me to pursue an SA PPL (having to sit all exams again...which is actually quite fun, then pass Skills Test)
2. 300
3. September 1999 G-BKSA C150 at Andrewsfield
4. Pure fun

[kestrel539]

1. NPPL, PPL, LAPL A and S, SLMG FI, Full Cat Gliding Instructor
2. 4000 glider, 1900 Power
3.T21 ( Daisy ) Lasham 1966
4. Fun, fun and more fun

[Buster11]

1) Long-expired PPL
2) 26 (!)
3) T-31 glider, 1952, then Magister for PPL, 1953
4) CCF Flying Scholarship, then fun

[pilotmike]

1. Gliding Silver 'C', Instructor. PPL(A) Instructor. Microlight X Examiner. CPL(H). ATPL(A).
2. Over 6,000.
3. First air experience 1973, PA28 G-AVWL Weston Super Mare. First lesson 1977 in Chipmunk, Filton Airport.
4. Fun, career, fun.

[Talkdownman]

1. PPL (SEP / MEP / IRR / Night / FI)
2. approx 2500
3. 1968, C150
4. PPL training was at that time an integral part of Air Traffic Control training, perpetuated thereafter for fun and professional knowledge.

[FlyXLsa]

1. PPL LSA USA
2. 2,500+/-
3. 1975, Grumman AA1B
4. Fun

[red9]

1. ATPL + SE/ME instructor
2. 18000
3. Compton Abbas October 1984 - Cessna 150
4. Fun - Commercial + fun - fun

[cats_five]

1. Silver 'C'
2. Not enough!
3. At my club, in a K21
4. Fun, including some perverse kinds such as fishing gliders out of fields and helping run the club

[jaycee46]

1. PPL (SEP / Night)
2. 300
3. Trial lesson, Prestwick Airport, 2003, PA28 G -BDPA. Many more hours in it after taking the plunge!
4. Fun, and these days, to make an annual contribution to our engineer's pension fund!

[Council Van]

Ask me again in two years time as it is all irrelevant at the moment, my licence is worthless as my Class one medical has been suspended since last June due to Leukemia!

Two relaxing (boring) years as I recover from a bone marrow transplant and then hopefully I will get my ticket back and be allowed to return to the Shiney jet to earn some money. I never thought I would say it but I actually miss getting up at ten to three in a morning to to go work!


Safe flying people and make the most of today as you never know what tomorrow might bring.

[piperboy84]

That’s a bastard, Speedy recovery there CV

[Gipsy Queen]

That is a bugger, CV. I wish you well.

1 CPL/IR FI Water rating
2 4500+
3 Auster J/5 1958
4 Fun, then commercial followed by a stress-free retirement from an environment unrecognisable from that first experienced nearly 40 years before.

[Council Van]

Thanks, still alive, hopefully cured but you never ever quite know with cancer so hopefully now just a slow recovery.
No one ever said life would be easy.and I had some bad days and weeks.

No point moaning, that don't make things better.

NHS treatment and the staff. Brilliant, I am unable to describe how brilliant they have been.

ATPL
7000hrs
C152 August 1989 East Midlands Flying School
For the money and to pay tax to finance the NHS, I have cost them literally hundreds of thousands in care and medicine. Wife and family prevent me from fly for fun. However much you earn they seem to be able to spend it!

[Big Pistons Forever]

Council Van

Good luck in your return to work as a directional consultant in high speed aluminum tubing;)

As for money to fly I have a very strict budgeting plan. I spend most of my money on my Woman, good red wine, and my aeroplanes, the rest is wasted

[Council Van]

Thanks very much.

[Local Variation]

Best wishes with your recovery CV.

[DaveTM]

1. What licence do you have, or are you working towards?
2. How many hours do you have in your log book?
3. When was your first flying lesson and in what?
4. Career or just for fun?

Quirky one coming up. I joined the forum when I was considering getting out of a soul destroying IT career into something better. I eventually decided against aviation as I frankly couldn't afford it. Then someone suggested something slightly different, and after initially scoffing at the idea I went for it. I now do for a living what every little boy used to dream of before flying machines were a twinkle in Orville and Wilbur's eyes... That doesn't stop me reading this forum and dreaming of branching out from my current two dimensions upwards...

1. ETDL
2. We don't have a log book, but I have approximately 1300 hours amassed, with an average takeoff weight of 100-300 tonnes and a fixed cruising altitude of 0ft. Anywhere between zero and 1000 SOB.
3. May 2017, in a 377 in Selhurst. I banged it into another 377, then pulled them apart. Then banged them together again. Then pulled them apart again. Then went back to the classroom.
4. Definitely career AND fun!

[Council Van]

1. What licence do you have, or are you working towards?
2. How many hours do you have in your log book?
3. When was your first flying lesson and in what?
4. Career or just for fun?

Quirky one coming up. I joined the forum when I was considering getting out of a soul destroying IT career into something better. I eventually decided against aviation as I frankly couldn't afford it. Then someone suggested something slightly different, and after initially scoffing at the idea I went for it. I now do for a living what every little boy used to dream of before flying machines were a twinkle in Orville and Wilbur's eyes... That doesn't stop me reading this forum and dreaming of branching out from my current two dimensions upwards...

1. ETDL
2. We don't have a log book, but I have approximately 1300 hours amassed, with an average takeoff weight of 100-300 tonnes and a fixed cruising altitude of 0ft. Anywhere between zero and 1000 SOB.
3. May 2017, in a 377 in Selhurst. I banged it into another 377, then pulled them apart. Then banged them together again. Then pulled them apart again. Then went back to the classroom.
4. Definitely career AND fun!
Dont know how you can keep concentrating for so long, especially when running into or out of London in rush hour under continues caution signals.

[SpainHire]

1. What licence do you have, or are you working towards? Frozen EASA ATPL
2. How many hours do you have in your log book? 170
3. When was your first flying lesson and in what? 2017 / PA28
4. Career or just for fun? Why not both!?