PPL hour breakdown
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117!!?
Mind you, this was on an intensive course where I flew two-three times a day, every day. In mostly benign weather conditions. Also, I did not have any problems with nav (my 5th solo flight was my QXC), so I did spend a few more hours at the end of the course just doing T&Gs (both solo and dual) for the fun of it. (It helps that the US doesn't do landings fees.)
But I doubt whether you can do a full PPL with significantly less than 100 landings, or reach solo standard with significantly less than 50 landings. Especially not if you're doing a regular, one-lesson-a-week PPL, in typical NW-European weather conditions.
GQ, that was nicely explained. I am astounded by some of the prices people are quoting for landings, though! I don't know how people are finding the money to learn at some of these airports. I paid just under five euros the other day at Caen.....
Oh, and free at Gamston with a fuel uplift. Helpful and a good restaurant, as well.
Oh, and free at Gamston with a fuel uplift. Helpful and a good restaurant, as well.
Free landings and t&gs also at Inverness airport (Highlands aviation).
I never counted them, but I also had well over 100 t&gs by the time I qualified. I was doing quite nice 'standard' landings from early on but learned that I could still be caught out by the unexpected. You need to do a certain number of t/o and landings in order to gain unexpected experience.
The most interesting were 2 go-arounds (one on a crosswind landing and one at a short strip) where I may have come unstuck without an instructor.
Different flavours include:
Glide approach
Flapless
Stuck throttle approach
Bad weather circuit
Night t/o and landings
Short field takeoffs
Crosswind landings
Simulated instrument approaches
so there's plenty to practice. Next time the weather permits I may just go up with an instructor for a dozen crosswind landings.
I never counted them, but I also had well over 100 t&gs by the time I qualified. I was doing quite nice 'standard' landings from early on but learned that I could still be caught out by the unexpected. You need to do a certain number of t/o and landings in order to gain unexpected experience.
The most interesting were 2 go-arounds (one on a crosswind landing and one at a short strip) where I may have come unstuck without an instructor.
Different flavours include:
Glide approach
Flapless
Stuck throttle approach
Bad weather circuit
Night t/o and landings
Short field takeoffs
Crosswind landings
Simulated instrument approaches
so there's plenty to practice. Next time the weather permits I may just go up with an instructor for a dozen crosswind landings.
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Well over a year for one lesson a week, most probably right.
I Plan on 5 hours a month. + a week of intense training + flying on bank holidays. Should take less than a year, just under
I Plan on 5 hours a month. + a week of intense training + flying on bank holidays. Should take less than a year, just under
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But I doubt whether you can do a full PPL with significantly less than 100 landings, or reach solo standard with significantly less than 50 landings.
