How often do you fly?
Guys and Girls!
I was wondering if you could tell me roughly how often you get to fly? Perhaps try and think how many hours you have done in the past 12 months? I would be interested to know/work out what a rough average is .. happy to also hear from instructors etc, i.e people who nearly fly on a daily basis. Cheers Stefan |
Personally I have done 130 in the last twelve months . Some of that included an IMC and night rating . This was all part of build up to my sabbatical to the world of ATPL's . It helps considerably getting into a group whether it be equity/no-equity . I went from 120 per hour in a beaten to death terrahawk to 65 ph in a brand spanking new 172 . If I hadnt done that I wud have a third of the hours flown this year than I have.
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Why do you ask ?
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Once a week
Once a week for 1-2 hours so ~ 75 per year, and lately it's mostly Aztec multi time so mucho $$ even in over here. Very rarely does WX get in the way.
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Professionally I fly probably 3 days a week on average - 600 hrs/year (Airlines), other days for work are standby/positioning/days off down route/sim/classroom. On top of this I average about one day/ fortnight instructing (50-60 hrs pa) and another 20 or so hours pa just flying light aircraft.
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FullyFlapped .. because I think it makes an interesting discussion. Keen to hear how often people get to fly and why/why not.
Also plan to do my ppl in July ... + read nearly all the posts on pprune so thought I'd start another on a subject I've been wondering about. Cheers. |
Once a month :(
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Never enough !
2006 about 90 hours 2007 only 45 hours largely due to weather 2008 so far I've managed 3, again partly because of poor weather but mostly because of a medical problem that stopped me flying from 8 Nov to 11 March. Fortunately now fully fit again. All logged in my PA28-235 Here's hoping for a good summer ! Cheers Lysander |
Nice one Good to hear that your health is better LysanderV8!
Great stuff foxmoth! Didn't think that people flying professionally had much time/will to do lots of private flying .. guess it's totally different! Thx for all the posts so far! S |
About 400hrs a year. Around 250 or so private/business/touring split about 60/40 IFR. On top of that about 120 or so Instructing.
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about 180hrs,approx 100 private the rest instructing/coaching.
Will. |
Another poster above, whom I have the Highest Respect for and whom I learned a lot from (attitude to flying as well as ability) told me once
Real pilots fly anything they can get their hands on 120 hours last year, including time on a Chipmunk, Harvard, Jodel, Aeronca Champ and Chief, lots of time on two different (old) Cessna 150s. Weather permitting, hope to do more this year. (thanks Ian, I wonder how many others you've inspired?) BEX |
How do you afford it all?
Hire rates are ££££££££££££££££££££ What is a good way to build hours? |
I'm not sure how this information helps you, but if it does, the answer is as often as weather and shifts allow.
180 hrs last year. Time spent flying is not deducted from your lifespan .... |
Nearly ninety last year, C152, C172, C177RG, P66C, Maule, PA18.
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Last year I had a banner year, 85 hours. Before family I used to fly >100 hours per year, for a while it was down less than 20. Last year about 30 hours soaring, 10 hours boring around in the C140, a couple hours in the 300CBi, and most of the rest of the time towing. I also started working on the instrument rating late last year, I have been doing about 4 hours/month on the average. Almost all of my instrument training is after dark, after the wife & kids are asleep. Hard to fit everything in.
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Sometimes I think that this perennial question brings out the best in pilots' tendency to exaggerate. If not, all I can say is you guys must all be bliddy loaded....:rolleyes:
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Cheers for all the posts so far!
I really enjoy reading these. I would love to one day fly as much as some of you but I would also have to be realistic about the fact that I work 5 - 6 days a week in an office job ... still I would hope to do many more hours than the minimum required to keep my (future) license current. flybymike: you are right it sometimes seem as if most people on this forum are loaded. Truth is there probably are a fair few wealthy peeps, and then others who are so passionate about flying that they spent a good portion of their earnings/savings on flying. I certainly don't fall in the first category but still hope to do plenty of flying ... only live ones I say! |
Sometimes I think that this perennial question brings out the best in pilots' tendency to exaggerate. If not, all I can say is you guys must all be bliddy loaded.... |
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About 40-50 hours per year, depending on weather and finances. Fly mostly Super-Cub, Jodel D150 & Super Dimona.
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A hasty response along the same lines, before dashing off to work for a week.
One lovely old aeroplane, on a Permit, no kids, no ambitions to live in anything but the hovel, tatty old vehicle .... gettin' the picture? Far from rich, but rich in everything except money ... :ok: |
~120 hours/year.
A/C Owner, so as Bose says, the more you fly, the cheaper it gets |
I get in around 75 - 100 hours a year, I'm certainly not rich and support Wife + 1 :) on an average income. All made possible from friends wanting to come flying, sometimes out of the UK which means longer flights to rack up more hours. I hold a no equity share, PA28-181 @ £65/hr plus landing fees :)
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A/C Owner, so as Bose says, the more you fly, the cheaper it gets |
God Bless AGL :D
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Well not bad so far!
Exluding some airline and instructor flying works out to be ROUGHLY around the 90 hour a year mark. Thought there would have been plenty of 12's to 20s that would bring this figure down a bit ... or are they not posting? good stuff anyway! :ok: S |
Thought there would have been plenty of 12's to 20s that would bring this figure down a bit ... or are they not posting? |
I think you will find that there are lot of 12-20 hours p.a.PPL types out there!Even with a fairly well paid full time job,professional qualififcation etc,it is not easy to maintain a higher rate no matter how much you yearn for it.Apart from some quite wealthy types at my base,12-20 was considered good going especially as the WX in Manchester does not always behave when you have a booking.
Some may say you are hardly profficient at this level of activity,not me as long as you are careful.My base insisted on 1 a month minimum although I did once leave it 3 months and they subjected me to a full 90 minutes of cross wind landings at Liverpool,right on PA-28 limits too.Funny how you cope too with an an instructor sitting there quietly chuckling.I wouldn't have flown on my own that day.My personal X-wind limit was rather lower than the books! |
I have more or less unlimited access to our shared aircraft and it is not expensive to fly but even so I think I flew around 33 hrs last year.
I am happy to bimble around East Anglia in fine weather ,:)and that does me perfectly. Lister |
Allow me to bring the average down a bit. 25 hours a year since Oct 2005, mainly in Citabrias (such fun) with a few hours on PA28. Hire rates seem to be cheaper here (Aus) than in UK.
Mortgage, (ex-)wife and 4 kids takes care of most of my $$$, but I hope and expect this to change at some point in the future. If you really want to fly, you'll find sacrifices you can make in other areas of your life. :ok: |
212 flights 76 hrs in the last year ie 21 mins average per flight.
Not much straight and level in there though!!! ZA |
About 35 hrs since last September, all as a stude. Would have done more but the wx has been a problem something to do with being in the UK in winter.
I know how it feels with the money side as I have tried this twice in the past and the money has run out :ouch: This time, just for once, ambition and bank balance might not be in balance but at least on the same planet. Now moving onto night and IMC asap and either buy an AC (cheap one) or a share if I can find the right group. Longer term, I want to do some touring to interesting places in my limited spare time. Dont know how many hours that translates to, I will just have to see. |
900 hours a year. Hours doing something exciting?.... About 2 minutes per year!
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About 850 a year >5700kg straight and level
Plus about 70-90hrs year very not straight and level. Fcirc. |
If I can exceed 30hrs a year I'm happy.... in Citabrias (as someone said above, such fun!), or a 182 if I want to actually go somewhere, or even a Cherokee if everything else is booked out.
That'll keep me happy for a little while. |
Got 25 last year but only 7 the year before. None this year so far but as I no longer fly alone it isn't a problem from currency point of view.
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Did ~ 180hrs last year. It will be less this year, thanks to Lyco's SB569...
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About 30 hours a year - well, 55 in 22 months ish.
Now much of that has been training and getting the poo brown wallet. Weather, time and £s all constrain, but if I can find a cheap share/rental I'll nail 40 hours a year, which I think is a nice amount for a bog standard PPL just bimbling and visiting people. Now next year I fancy some tailwheel/aero time... |
I fly between 3 and 6 times a month, So probably about 6 - 9 hours monthly - depending on the UK weather.
Would love to fly more frequently, but the holder of the purse strings won't co-operate any more... Keep smilins :) |
I used to fly quite often but since I started visiting PPRuNe I've become a bit worried about doing so. Should I fly on 'Both' or not? 63 knots on final or 57? Are high wing aircraft actually more dangerous in circuit? Should I fly with a crosswind greater than the maximum demonstrated? Retract flaps on landing? 'Final' instead of 'Finals'? Transponder on before entering the runway or afterwards? :sad:
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