End of year total. How much did you fly in 2005?
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Stik's right: it's a tad too soon and we are ever hopeful.
However, to date, only about 140 hours, (no gliding/instructing this year
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The highlights - each and every fly-in, a few trips across the Channel, collecting the Stauning mug and sticker in Denmark. Oh, and every other flight as well, because it's all special.
Nothing nasty whilst airborne.
Cost? I've never added it up; money spent on aviation is not real.
However, to date, only about 140 hours, (no gliding/instructing this year
) The highlights - each and every fly-in, a few trips across the Channel, collecting the Stauning mug and sticker in Denmark. Oh, and every other flight as well, because it's all special.
Nothing nasty whilst airborne.
Cost? I've never added it up; money spent on aviation is not real.
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1. Not enough
2. About 36 hours I reckon, I'm not certain though as my log book is still with the CAA (but I'm told it is in the post with my PPL!)
3. Training, going solo ;-), QXC, skills test
4. About 1 hour
5a. Learning about the back of the drag curve on final
5b. Flying below cloud (with, what we thought was decent clearance) when another aircraft descended out of the cloud across our path. Close enough to read the reg.
5c. Learning about wake vortex from a 737 the hard way
5d. One that I'd rather not put on a public forum - my very, very naughty mistake which led to the Lords prayer being muttered under my breath and me visualising the headlines the next day - still gives me the shivers
6. About £130 per hour, but should get significantly cheaper now I don't have to take an instructor with me!
2. About 36 hours I reckon, I'm not certain though as my log book is still with the CAA (but I'm told it is in the post with my PPL!)
3. Training, going solo ;-), QXC, skills test
4. About 1 hour
5a. Learning about the back of the drag curve on final
5b. Flying below cloud (with, what we thought was decent clearance) when another aircraft descended out of the cloud across our path. Close enough to read the reg.
5c. Learning about wake vortex from a 737 the hard way
5d. One that I'd rather not put on a public forum - my very, very naughty mistake which led to the Lords prayer being muttered under my breath and me visualising the headlines the next day - still gives me the shivers
6. About £130 per hour, but should get significantly cheaper now I don't have to take an instructor with me!
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Just about enough for me this year 214 hours in 2005.
Mostly aerial photography flights and a few camping trips.
I had almost all of the time paid for, from the photos. Cost to me per hour $40/h Canadian.
Average length of my flights was 1.8
Close calls:
- Took my plane for an “off runway” adventure attempting to land in a stiff X-wind. The girlfriend loved it
(newbie to the ways of a tail wheel)
- Broke the main fin attach spar in my Luscombe. Full out emergency landing including mayday call and Transport Safety Board investigation. more --> http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=201114
- Partial engine failure in a rented C-150 (just a stuck exhaust valve).
All in all a good year. I hope 2006 is just as much fun.
PT
Mostly aerial photography flights and a few camping trips.
I had almost all of the time paid for, from the photos. Cost to me per hour $40/h Canadian.
Average length of my flights was 1.8
Close calls:
- Took my plane for an “off runway” adventure attempting to land in a stiff X-wind. The girlfriend loved it
(newbie to the ways of a tail wheel)- Broke the main fin attach spar in my Luscombe. Full out emergency landing including mayday call and Transport Safety Board investigation. more --> http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=201114
- Partial engine failure in a rented C-150 (just a stuck exhaust valve).
All in all a good year. I hope 2006 is just as much fun.
PT
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Wow, less than I thought actually 
With a week to go, 80.3 hours (though was grounded for 3 moths due to illness and a month due to plane needing repairs).
Just looked and 60 of those hours are since July.
Includes formation training, aero's, complex conversion, flying a 152, PA28 (all versions incl Arrow), PA38, Extra 300, Bulldog and ten minutes in a Taylorcraft.
Highlights?
Formation training and subsequent formation flying.
Trip to Oban and Glenforsa in August.
Stall turning the Bulldog.
Spinning in the Extra.
The overhead at Gatwick.
Average flight 1.1 hour
No real disasters (flying wise anyhow) this year. Fingers crossed eh?
Costs? I daren't add it up
With a week to go, 80.3 hours (though was grounded for 3 moths due to illness and a month due to plane needing repairs).
Just looked and 60 of those hours are since July.
Includes formation training, aero's, complex conversion, flying a 152, PA28 (all versions incl Arrow), PA38, Extra 300, Bulldog and ten minutes in a Taylorcraft.
Highlights?
Formation training and subsequent formation flying.
Trip to Oban and Glenforsa in August.
Stall turning the Bulldog.
Spinning in the Extra.
The overhead at Gatwick.
Average flight 1.1 hour
No real disasters (flying wise anyhow) this year. Fingers crossed eh?
Costs? I daren't add it up
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1. 65 Hours, about 45 of which flying XC in the Indian Himalaya, one wonderful flight over Snowdon and my longest SE Wales XC (65km)
2. Pleasure
3. About 3 hours
4. Best part of a minute's cascade in India, including having to full stall out of a parachutal in the middle of it
5, I own them; India trip cost 800 quid for two weeks all in, so call it 20 quid an hour including food, drink, travel to and from "airfield" and accommodation.
Anyone else fancy paragliding?
Merry Xmas!
Rich.
2. Pleasure
3. About 3 hours
4. Best part of a minute's cascade in India, including having to full stall out of a parachutal in the middle of it
5, I own them; India trip cost 800 quid for two weeks all in, so call it 20 quid an hour including food, drink, travel to and from "airfield" and accommodation.
Anyone else fancy paragliding?
Merry Xmas!
Rich.
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195 flights 78 hours (and no more this year as A/C is waiting for the prop to come back).
I think that averages 25 mins per flight, maybe less as some were ferry flights.
Every flight has been aerobatic so I think that counts double or treble in terms of grin factor.
Happy Xmas
I think that averages 25 mins per flight, maybe less as some were ferry flights.
Every flight has been aerobatic so I think that counts double or treble in terms of grin factor.
Happy Xmas
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this year around 75h, with about 50h post ppl in PA28 and C172
Highlight: Clearly the trip from Germany to Croatia and back, with two awesome but demanding flights over the alps
I cannot wait however until end of march, we'll be doing a trip to Tunesia and hopefully (if we get the visas and landing permittions etc) to Libya then.
Highlight: Clearly the trip from Germany to Croatia and back, with two awesome but demanding flights over the alps
I cannot wait however until end of march, we'll be doing a trip to Tunesia and hopefully (if we get the visas and landing permittions etc) to Libya then.
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So Far this year:
390 - Broken Down
297 SEP
93 multi engine.
76 night
412 Landings
222 Flights
30 new airfields
Garmin flight book is a great tool for usefull facts!
5 Air Rallys
Another great year of flying and hoping to top it with 400hrs for the year which should not be a problem weather permitting.
390 - Broken Down
297 SEP
93 multi engine.
76 night
412 Landings
222 Flights
30 new airfields
Garmin flight book is a great tool for usefull facts!
5 Air Rallys
Another great year of flying and hoping to top it with 400hrs for the year which should not be a problem weather permitting.
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How some guys get the time to do so many hours, I have no idea! Well done to all of them, by the way!
Never enough flying!
Managed to do about 102 hours this year, a figure which astounds me! I used to have trouble getting over 40 until I bought a share!
Mostly getting around on personal business and some pleasure flying as well.
Average flight about 2 hours.
Safe flying to all!
Cheers
Never enough flying!
Managed to do about 102 hours this year, a figure which astounds me! I used to have trouble getting over 40 until I bought a share!
Mostly getting around on personal business and some pleasure flying as well.
Average flight about 2 hours.
Safe flying to all!
Cheers
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Nice to see so many people having so much fun.
I'm still a humble stude, so nearly every flight is a first. But....
1) 35 hours this year
2) First solo, first solo XC, and today, first land away.
3) Nothing too scary, but then again, every flight is still an adventure!
4) Highlight of the year - flying in a 2 seat Spitfire and taking the controls for 20 mins or so.
Safe flying to all in 2006 and thanks for the advice this year.
I'm still a humble stude, so nearly every flight is a first. But....
1) 35 hours this year
2) First solo, first solo XC, and today, first land away.
3) Nothing too scary, but then again, every flight is still an adventure!
4) Highlight of the year - flying in a 2 seat Spitfire and taking the controls for 20 mins or so.
Safe flying to all in 2006 and thanks for the advice this year.
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About 32 hours this year... started off doing the last few of my PPL navs, then PPL test followed by a sustained break from flying while waiting for CASA to decide I'm not a terrorist and issue my licence... next few hours were to learn how to land again 
then a few local jollies with friends once that little issue had been sorted out.
Had planned for at least three long-ish (for me - 3+hrs) trips over the last few weeks that would have had me up over 40 hrs for the year but sadly the weather played its usual part in that.
Still, not too shabby all round. Here's to lots more flying next year!!
then a few local jollies with friends once that little issue had been sorted out. Had planned for at least three long-ish (for me - 3+hrs) trips over the last few weeks that would have had me up over 40 hrs for the year but sadly the weather played its usual part in that.
Still, not too shabby all round. Here's to lots more flying next year!!
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Please don't laugh..........................
3 and a half hours total time
I did however manage to renew my rating and fly a new aircraft so that isn't too bad.
Off to Florida in 8 weeks time (Merry Christmas AT) and looking forward to flying more in 2 days than I managed in all of '05'.
PD
3 and a half hours total time
I did however manage to renew my rating and fly a new aircraft so that isn't too bad.
Off to Florida in 8 weeks time (Merry Christmas AT) and looking forward to flying more in 2 days than I managed in all of '05'.
PD