Author Topic: How many guys really fly? (Read 1805 times)

bockko · « **on:** September 19, 2003, 09:56:33 PM »

Just curious, I wonder who really has real stick time and what kind. I am a simple 100 hour wonder, stopped flying when I had kids, which was soon after getting private single engine ticket. Plan was to fly carrier planes, ran into the old -1 on the 20/20 chart. I have divined that some of you are quite the sticks with quite the real life [allegedly] time in old ww2 birds.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 19, 2003, 10:48:48 PM »

wrong thing. (being an idiot <skull12:stop being a tard >

)

skull12

Ozark · « **Reply #2 on:** September 19, 2003, 10:53:26 PM »

Pilot for 29.5 years. Started by washing and waxing airplanes for flight time when I was 15 years old. In 1974 a Cessna 150 rented to $13 per hour... instructor was $5 an hour more.

1Duke1 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 19, 2003, 11:43:08 PM »

No civilian time yet. 400 military hours in various platforms

Ack-Ack · « **Reply #4 on:** September 20, 2003, 12:11:15 AM »

Hopefully Voss will step in and engross us all with stories of his stick time.

ack-ack

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2003, 12:14:38 AM »

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Originally posted by Ack-Ack
Hopefully Voss will step in and engross us all with stories of his stick time.

ack-ack

brendo · « **Reply #6 on:** September 20, 2003, 02:00:51 AM »

Nilsen · « **Reply #7 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:17:02 AM »

I have 30 mins sticktime on a Bell412SP

Furball · « **Reply #8 on:** September 20, 2003, 04:56:42 AM »

i have only had 1 lesson, but a lot of 418 squadron are commercial airline pilots for Air Canada Jazz

hogenbor · « **Reply #9 on:** September 20, 2003, 05:39:15 AM »

The best I can do is an hour in an old (1970's vintage) flight simulator in a musuem

acepilot2 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 20, 2003, 08:42:44 AM »

I am currently taking flying lessons in a piper warrior.

NOD2000 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 20, 2003, 08:57:40 AM »

i have 30 mins in a t-6 texan.....

Bonden · « **Reply #12 on:** September 20, 2003, 11:06:35 AM »

Approx 550 TT hours mostly in 1946 Ercoupe 415 C/D. Some (but not much)in Waco Taperwing, UPF7, 450 Stearman, Cherokees, C150s, Shinn, etc. Time I most liked was in Aero Commander Twin.

Don't fly anymore - refuse rides regularly, fraid I might like it too much again and at this time I can't afford it anymore...

bigred · « **Reply #13 on:** September 20, 2003, 12:49:51 PM »

Same here as bockko...

About 100 hours. Got my private then got a house/married...

house/married:1 flying:0....

Besides, its cheaper per hour here

-bigred

Lone Wolf · « **Reply #14 on:** September 20, 2003, 01:07:17 PM »

200+ hours (Mostly in 172...some in T-34's, Marchetti, Yak, 1 hour in stearman(first spin))
Private, Instrument, taildragger, complex/high performance.
There are a lot of guys flying with a lot of experinece tho.
LW