Peter,

I didn't mean at all to be inflammatory. I was just curious how you had amassed so
much actual in such a short time. I fly a '65 Cherokee Six. Solo in the winter I can
see climbs better than 1500 fpm, but in IMC I try to keep the climbs tame. Fully
loaded on a hot summer day, I often struggle to get 500 fpm. My flights tend to be
cross country, about 3 hours is typical, and more often than not it is only IMC on one
end. If I were to go up on an IFR day and fly approaches to the local airports, that
could easily boost my actual time considerably. PVD is about like HFD for weather,
although ours goes down before HFD often because of the proximity to the water. I
don't get much IMC in the winter because of the icing potential. I am envious of the
amount of flying you get to do. I've been averaging a bit over 100 hrs/yr. There
just aren't enough hours in the day or dollars in the bank to get much more than that.



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