Most logbook entries in one month?
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93 hrs in 22 days in NI....Wessex HC2..went home and slept for two days solid...getting up only to eat and pee.
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QUOTE: With names like that they surely were all different marks of the same type!
I'm pretty sure I didn't leave any marks on them at all......
You do have a point though. To get 7 types you may have to venture as far as Elizabeth, Helga, Fatima, Umbungo, Mai-Po, Nataliaski, and Emanualle.
I'm pretty sure I didn't leave any marks on them at all......
You do have a point though. To get 7 types you may have to venture as far as Elizabeth, Helga, Fatima, Umbungo, Mai-Po, Nataliaski, and Emanualle.
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I'm pretty sure I didn't leave any marks on them at all......
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Early 90's per chance?
I seem to recall certain P/Os topping out at 100 hrs after 18-19 days.
Fond memories of as many doubles as possible on the freedom bird then 48 hrs sleep.
Can't beat the hrs but recall averaging more than 50 hrs a month on goggles the first winter we were cut loose. Pink milk anyone?
Early 90's per chance?
I seem to recall certain P/Os topping out at 100 hrs after 18-19 days.
Fond memories of as many doubles as possible on the freedom bird then 48 hrs sleep.
Can't beat the hrs but recall averaging more than 50 hrs a month on goggles the first winter we were cut loose. Pink milk anyone?
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This is confusing
In March 97, I flew Ex Dogfish, 2 longish Med transits and then Rum Punch in Florida for 3 weeks, and was standing at 118.30 hrs.
With 2 days to go to the end of the month and the possibility of delays, U/s, etc, my Boss applied to the AOC to get dispensation for me to fly home from USA in case I exceeded 130 hrs for the month.
Does this apply to other units, or can they fly as long as they like?
PS - didn't get a medal for crossing the Atlantic twice - by the way!
In March 97, I flew Ex Dogfish, 2 longish Med transits and then Rum Punch in Florida for 3 weeks, and was standing at 118.30 hrs.
With 2 days to go to the end of the month and the possibility of delays, U/s, etc, my Boss applied to the AOC to get dispensation for me to fly home from USA in case I exceeded 130 hrs for the month.
Does this apply to other units, or can they fly as long as they like?
PS - didn't get a medal for crossing the Atlantic twice - by the way!
February 1960 - 152 Squadron Bahrain.
Entries: 88
Mostly in the Jebel Akhdar area of Muscat & Oman shuttling between the Firq U2 Strip (1500 yds, 1100' amsl) and Saiq (380yds, 6300' amsl). Average trip - 15 minutes up the mountain - 10 minutes down.
Twin Pioneer 34.00 Day 00.50 Night. Pembroke 13.40 Day 2.00 Night
PS It was a leap year!
Entries: 88
Mostly in the Jebel Akhdar area of Muscat & Oman shuttling between the Firq U2 Strip (1500 yds, 1100' amsl) and Saiq (380yds, 6300' amsl). Average trip - 15 minutes up the mountain - 10 minutes down.
Twin Pioneer 34.00 Day 00.50 Night. Pembroke 13.40 Day 2.00 Night
PS It was a leap year!
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Op Barwood Mar 2000 (Mozambique flood relief with the Puma). Did 60 odd hrs in 2 weeks and that wasn't flying every day. Don't suppose that was any different to any of the other crews involved. Sadly for us rotary pukes a days flying usually involves one entry even though it might be 120 odd "sectors" !!!!! As an aside met a guy logging with a sky crane in Malaysia recently. He thinks nothing of 8-9 hrs a day with 300+ 5min runs up and down the hill. Month on month, off living in the middle of the jungle.
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Do civvy hours count ?, flying an L382 in Africa, airdropping food etc to Southern Sudan form Lokichoggio in Kenya, 4 sorties a day working 6 on 1 off for a 3 month contract. This gives an average of over 100 flights a month and I dare'nt tell you how many hours we flew but the money was great (paid extra for flying hours!!!) shame I can't put it all in the logbook.
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How about 'Most Diversity' in one month? (20 years ago)
You'll never guess who I was flying with
36 trips, 2 types, 61:30. Shortest 0:10, longest 5:25.
Here goes:
Torpedo drop
Depth charge drop
Helo In flight refuel (HIFR)
Helo Delivery Supply (HDS)
Jumpex (Sub-killer)
Surface Search
Deck Landing practice (DLP)
General flying practice (GFP)
EWX (EW!) spot(!) of jamming
Detect-Identify-Destroy (DIDTACS)
4.5 inch flare drops
Naval Gunfire Support (NGS)
VIPTAX(Taxi-VIP)
CASEVAC
Load Lifting
Winching
Dead Reckoning sea navigation(Dalton/Protractor/pencil/dividers/rubber)
Beach Assault - with troops!
Photex
Test flights -up to 12000 feet.
You'll never guess who I was flying with
36 trips, 2 types, 61:30. Shortest 0:10, longest 5:25.
Here goes:
Torpedo drop
Depth charge drop
Helo In flight refuel (HIFR)
Helo Delivery Supply (HDS)
Jumpex (Sub-killer)
Surface Search
Deck Landing practice (DLP)
General flying practice (GFP)
EWX (EW!) spot(!) of jamming
Detect-Identify-Destroy (DIDTACS)
4.5 inch flare drops
Naval Gunfire Support (NGS)
VIPTAX(Taxi-VIP)
CASEVAC
Load Lifting
Winching
Dead Reckoning sea navigation(Dalton/Protractor/pencil/dividers/rubber)
Beach Assault - with troops!
Photex
Test flights
-up to 12000 feet.
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Since leaving 2 years ago, I am using paper faster than handbrake house. Police flying makes lots of logbook entries. Minimum 30 a month. Highest ones this year: 61,58,51 and four 45s. Thank god it has an automatic start system!!!
Just checked the old log book. In July 1991 I got 83 sorties in the great Bulldog T1! Total for the month 70:35 of which 62:15 was instructional! In the June preceeding I managed 55 sorties and 48:15. But in August I got the grand total of 3:40!!
However this was in the days of running changes, instructional sorties being only 0:45 on average and 5 sorties per day (instructional) being the limit!!
However this was in the days of running changes, instructional sorties being only 0:45 on average and 5 sorties per day (instructional) being the limit!!
But that was in the days of real UAS Summer Camps, Roly!
Happy days!
I never cracked those totals at a UAS as our summer camps suffered from the weather at St Mawgan. My best Vickers FunBus month was Feb 1991. 103:00 all operational AAR.
Happy days!
I never cracked those totals at a UAS as our summer camps suffered from the weather at St Mawgan. My best Vickers FunBus month was Feb 1991. 103:00 all operational AAR.
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Can't even hope to compete, but on a different slant I managed four months in one page each with a summary.
March, April, May and July in 1995. Obviously couldn't be ar$ed to get out of bed in June!
March, April, May and July in 1995. Obviously couldn't be ar$ed to get out of bed in June!