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What a/c do you fly?
Currently:
approx. 75 hrs on PA 38 approx. 15 hrs on Pa 28 Upcoming possibilites: Diamond 40 Cirrus :ok: |
About 300 hours on Cessnas
About 300 hrs on Pipers About 200 hrs on varied other singles About 150 hrs on twins (Aztec, Seneca, C421c) About 1000 hrs on B767 About 4000 hrs on B757 Now I'm bored and want to fly something that requires a bit of effort. Anyone want to loan me a Tigermoth?:} :} |
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See my flyer sig. -
"Real pilots fly anything they can get their hands on!" Piper - multiple types Cessna - multiple types deHavilland - multiple types Boeing - multiple types Airbus - multiple types Other - multiple types (including gliders) :) :8 |
2 hours in a C150
5 hours in a CFM Shadow D 35 hours in a Thruster Sprint 105 hours in a Rans S6 (ESD-503 & ES-582) Les. wwwFlightForLife.co.uk |
Current on Yak 52, Pitts S1, Pitts S2, Extra 300.
Every time I strap any of those on, I still get a buzz....and apart from the S1, a big bill.... :) |
The last airplane I flew this year was this thing here. :)
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e3...rdamBridge.jpg Of all the stuff I have flown I'm sort of partial to the PBY. Chuck E. |
Of all the stuff I have flown I'm sort of partial to the PBY. Out of interest, did you ever fly a Sunderland? My Grandfather was radio/nav officer on them during the war. |
Hey Chuck ... thought of you on Saturday while we were watching the two Cats displaying at Duxford. When's your next trip to the great rainy?
As for aircraft: Logged C150/C152 PA28 140/160/180 Chipmunk (mmm.....) Cub L4/J3 Aeronca Gardan Horizon Cap 10B Thruster TST R22 Hands-on Passenger Luscombe Pushpak C172 Europa AT3 Koliber Vari-eze Slingsby Firefly Yak52 Bulldog Grob Tutor Vigilant Motor Glider Beech Baron Trilander Flex-wing microlight Two types of glider (Hoping to add a PBY to the list ;) ) I think there's a couple I've missed ... but I don't have my log book with me. You can see I've taken Foxmoth's sig to heart. :ok: |
About 270hrs spread amongst this lot:
Current: Seneca III Logged: Cessna 152 Piper PA28 (Warrior, Archer) Grumman AA5A Piper Arrow 201RT Piper Super Cub Piper Vagabond Wassmer WA54 Very small amount of hands on: Pitts S2: Emotions in the following order - :) :eek: :yuk: :O :eek: :ok: |
With approx 66 hrs logged, I've the following:
PA28-161 Cessna 150 Aerobat Cessna 172 Diamond Star DA40 Slingsby T67 Robinson R22 I guess I like variety :ok: With the PA28-161 and DA40 as P1, others as PUT. |
Good fun this, sat down for comparison of types with my father recently and here are mine as captain(total time 2,500hrs) no particluar order:
Aircraft & Motorgliders: Cessna 150, 152, 172 182, 210 Piper: PA18, 25, 28, 32, 32R, 38 Grumman AA5A Tobago TB10 Fournier RF4, RF5, RF5b Grob 109 Falcke & Super Falcke Dimona KA16 Ximango Citabria, Decathlon Rallaye 180T Taylor Monoplane Druine Turbulent Kittywake Stampe Sv4b Tiger Moth (my most numerous type with 11 individuals and highest hours) Husky Ryan-STM (arrrrrr beautiful) YAK52 (the day job) Auster Beech Barons B55 and B58 Robin Dr400 The Gliders: Slingsby: T.21, T.31, Capstan, Swallow, Skylark 3, Vega Schempp-hirth: Discus, Janus, Nimbus 3DT Schleicher: ASK6, 7, 8, 13, 18, 21; ASW19, 20, 27, 28 (my current mount), ASH25 Grob103 Twin Astir, AcroII, AcroIII, Astir Junior, Puchaz, Jantar Std, Blanik, SuperBlanik DG500, S36-1, IS28B2, IS32, Pik30, Libelle, Pegase, LS7 Paragliders: Oasis, Pheron, Nova Pretty sure I like variety! ASW28 |
Currently 600 hours in Pitts Specials (S1S/S2A/B/C)
over 500 hours "wasted" (:ouch: ) in lesser airframes various: C150/152/172/182/210/310/402 PA18/31/34/ Cheyenne/ Be35/36/200 HAL26 CAP10 And not a single hour in a PA28!! Stik |
[B]Logged:[B]
PA28 ( 140/151/161 ) BE77 C172 M Unlogged: PA28RT-201 ( T-Tail Arrow IV ) R2160i & d PA44-180 C182D Rutan Long-ez PA23-250 D & E UFM-11 ( Lambada ) C210K Hoffman Dimona H36 TB9 Jodel D112 C152 Aerobat Vans RV-6A C310 Grumman Tiger AG-5B Robin Regent DR400/180 Soon to Come: Extra 200 and Extra 300L |
AB - you can add Koliber to your hands-on list, unless your experience in -AJ was something you want to forget!
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Cessna 172
Cesnna 182 BE-76 B58 PN68 Cirrus SR22 & SR20 Cessna T303 PA-38 BE-77 PA-28 Helicopter R44 & R22 tiny bit of Crew time in B412,AS350,H500 :ok: |
Had a share in the same Chipmunk (except for a couple of years in a Yak52 group) since 1979. Chippy is my favorite.
Also have a fair bit of time in: Yak52 L4 Cub Super Cub Citabria The usual GA types - C150 / 152 / 172, PA 28 / 38 - all pretty uninspiring. Also, some P1 time in: Tiger Moth Beech Muskateer (the worst type I've flown) Grob 115 Cessna 185 and 205 Acrosport AA5A And flown once only under supervision: Stearman Waco YMF-5 Navajo Gliders: T21 Bocian Ka4 K13 Motor Falke SSD |
20 on AA-5A/B
100ish on PA28-161 And have just done my taildragger so: 8 on PA-18-90 1 on Tiger Moth 1 on CAP-10 Hopefully the PA-28 & CAP-10 times will have increased by the end of the week. |
Tiger Moth
Piper PA28 140 & Warrior Cessna 150/152/172 Pu/t Stearman, Jet Provost Handling Beech Baron, DH Dove, Jodel D150, Kitfox Gliders T21, T31, Prefect, Swallow, Olympia 2b, Olympia 463 T49 Capstan, Bocian, Skylark 4, Grunau Baby, K13, Eagle |
Brings back some good memories.
In the 60’s as a passenger,often to France in the Prentice.
Auster,Jodel,Percival Prentice,Emeraude,Rollason Condor In the 70’s & 80’s as a passenger Cessna 170&150 ,Cherokee's,Robinson R22 helicopter Plus a 3-axis micro light Gliders from North Weald and Tibenham 2005-2006 as hands on passenger Pushpak,Tiger Moth,Chipmunk,Vans VR6,Pitts 2B,Slingsby T67, PA28-160 Student 2005-06 Piper PA28-180 As a qualified pilot 2006 Piper PA28-180 Planned pilot in near future Chipmunk Piper Cub It just took a very,very long time in gestation!;) ;) Lister:) |
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