How many flying hours do you have?
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I wonder what the highest number of believable logged hours is?
I remember back in the mid 1970s Carl Overly was flying DC-6 and DC-7 freighters out of Miami for Art LLoyd and he was supposed to be around 40,000hrs at sixtyish. I know he kept flying for some time after that so I wonder what his eventual total was.
In 42 years I managed a wimpish 19,000..... sorry 411A.
But we both agree the L-10 was the best (followed by another Lockheed product, the L-188 Electra, as far as I am concerned)
I remember back in the mid 1970s Carl Overly was flying DC-6 and DC-7 freighters out of Miami for Art LLoyd and he was supposed to be around 40,000hrs at sixtyish. I know he kept flying for some time after that so I wonder what his eventual total was.
In 42 years I managed a wimpish 19,000..... sorry 411A.
But we both agree the L-10 was the best (followed by another Lockheed product, the L-188 Electra, as far as I am concerned)
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I still believe Clay Lacy is the stop score for flight time. (See nš 40 above).
I would say he has 50,000 or very close to that number in official records.
Suspect he has more than 50,000, but "forgot" to log so not to exceed yearly limits.
He still is active, age about 74... so has some energy left for more.
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The pilot who has the most type ratings is John Lear (Bill Lear's son).
Numerous type ratings on transport jets or propeller planes and warbirds, or rotary.
Blimp and hot air balloon if you ask.
He also has all and every FAA licences that exist, besides ATPL.
Such as mechanic, flight engineer, dispatcher, navigator, flight/ground instructor...
And I forget the rest.
John is 66 of age... and still active as well. Plenty of hours.
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I still believe Clay Lacy is the stop score for flight time. (See nš 40 above).
I would say he has 50,000 or very close to that number in official records.
Suspect he has more than 50,000, but "forgot" to log so not to exceed yearly limits.
He still is active, age about 74... so has some energy left for more.
xxx
The pilot who has the most type ratings is John Lear (Bill Lear's son).
Numerous type ratings on transport jets or propeller planes and warbirds, or rotary.
Blimp and hot air balloon if you ask.
He also has all and every FAA licences that exist, besides ATPL.
Such as mechanic, flight engineer, dispatcher, navigator, flight/ground instructor...
And I forget the rest.
John is 66 of age... and still active as well. Plenty of hours.
xxx
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Coming from the other direction, how about 25 minutes logged on a Tiger Moth at Duxford? It was a qualified instructor in the back seat and he said it would count if I took it further.
I always intended to learn to fly when I had enough money but then I made a mistake and got married, so I've never managed to hold on to enough cash to do it. So I content myself with the technical side of flying, being an engineer (albeit not aviation related) interested in worst-case design and failure analysis.
I always intended to learn to fly when I had enough money but then I made a mistake and got married, so I've never managed to hold on to enough cash to do it. So I content myself with the technical side of flying, being an engineer (albeit not aviation related) interested in worst-case design and failure analysis.
