The First Thousand Hours

Jay,
Congratulations. 1000th hrs is quite a milestone. What kind of
logbook do you use to have rooms for all those flight details & how
long did it take to tally the record?

Except for the line about flying over the lake without a life
jacket, what about scary parts like icing encounter, electrical
failures, equipment malfunction, icy runways, extreme crosswinds,
severe turbulence, etc.?

I have been flying just a bit over 4 years accumulating close to
550hrs. Unless something happens, I expect to at least match your
record of 1Khrs in 10 years. In looking back, I have few good memories
like the first flight with my daughter (it took us over 3 yrs to
convince her to get in a small plane), fulfilling a dying man's wish of
flying over his property in our plane, the long cross-country trips to
MI, MN, CO, AR, our exciting IFR training flights etc However, the
more memorable are the scary ones like the unexpected freezing rain
encounter, the total electrical failure, the heart-stopping go-around
while attempted to land in a short runway surrounded by tall trees (had
to add power last second while attempting short field landing to
counter sudden windshear), one aborted takeoff (the plane ahead did a
180 to land back in the runway due to engine failure), several aborted
landings (animals suddenly appeared on runways) etc.. Hope that I will
as a safe flying record as your.

Hai Longworth