Haven't Flown Since......
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Haven't Flown Since......
I am a low time PPL holder, who due to work and other commitments hasn't flown since Aug 2000.
I am starting flying again next week, hoping to finish a C-172 check out that was interrupted when my instructor's day job took him to pastures new.
At the time, I had completed all of the general handling and stall maneoveurs, and had done some circuit bashing.
My instructor reckoned at the time that another hour of circuit bashing and he would have signed me off.
What I would like to know is how many hours that I will need to put in before I get signed off.
I think that I may need 2-3 depending on how it goes, but has anyone had any experience of this.
Thanks
Mark
I am starting flying again next week, hoping to finish a C-172 check out that was interrupted when my instructor's day job took him to pastures new.
At the time, I had completed all of the general handling and stall maneoveurs, and had done some circuit bashing.
My instructor reckoned at the time that another hour of circuit bashing and he would have signed me off.
What I would like to know is how many hours that I will need to put in before I get signed off.
I think that I may need 2-3 depending on how it goes, but has anyone had any experience of this.
Thanks
Mark
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Someone I fly with was grounded in May last year after failing his medical due to ECG problems. It was finally resolved in December, and he's flying again now.
After his enforced lay-off he needed a couple of sessions of general handling and circuits on a PA28 to be signed off by a club instructor.
I've flown with him several times since and although he was quite rusty to begin with, he soon started to get his confidence back. One thing that had really slipped was flight planning, so he needed to get his textbooks out again for some practice on that.
My advice would be to get checked out and then do several sessions of circuits in varying conditions to build up your confidence and basic handling skills, then some cross countries to different types of fields to get your map reading, nav and joining procedures back up to scratch. If you've got someone else to fly with so much the better, as you can do the nav and radio for them as well and get some extra practice.
And once you've got proficient again, keep current. Flying once every couple of months isn't really enough.
Good luck
After his enforced lay-off he needed a couple of sessions of general handling and circuits on a PA28 to be signed off by a club instructor.
I've flown with him several times since and although he was quite rusty to begin with, he soon started to get his confidence back. One thing that had really slipped was flight planning, so he needed to get his textbooks out again for some practice on that.
My advice would be to get checked out and then do several sessions of circuits in varying conditions to build up your confidence and basic handling skills, then some cross countries to different types of fields to get your map reading, nav and joining procedures back up to scratch. If you've got someone else to fly with so much the better, as you can do the nav and radio for them as well and get some extra practice.
And once you've got proficient again, keep current. Flying once every couple of months isn't really enough.
Good luck
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Rallye Driver,
Thanks for the sound advice.
I intend to fly as often as possible. 1st Check Out flight is scheduled for Monday.
Flying out of EGPF (GLA) I will get plenty of practice at flying in various wx conditions along with some intense RT use.
Mark
Thanks for the sound advice.
I intend to fly as often as possible. 1st Check Out flight is scheduled for Monday.
Flying out of EGPF (GLA) I will get plenty of practice at flying in various wx conditions along with some intense RT use.
Mark
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Mad McG
I'm glad it all went well. Sounds like you had better weather than we did. It's a nice grey day in central London, but at least it's not raining. We've had to move our aircraft onto a temporary parking spot after sliding around on the grass on Sunday afternoon and nearly getting bogged down.
Hopefully the weather is going to start to improve, so you should be able to get lots more hours in.
Rallye Driver
I'm glad it all went well. Sounds like you had better weather than we did. It's a nice grey day in central London, but at least it's not raining. We've had to move our aircraft onto a temporary parking spot after sliding around on the grass on Sunday afternoon and nearly getting bogged down.
Hopefully the weather is going to start to improve, so you should be able to get lots more hours in.
Rallye Driver
