500 hours!

Congrats. It's fun to watch the hours tick off, over the years.

I remember when I was a student, and there was an instrument student at my
FBO that had (*gasp!*) TWO HUNDRED HOURS.

I thought he was God himself.

Now, with 800-some hours, and growing about 100 per year, I realize how
little he knew, and how REALLY little I knew.

In fact, I'm sometimes amazed that they let any of us fly at all, with just
40-something hours on the clock...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On 4/2/04 9:39 AM, in article %Webc.165213$po.972319@attbi_s52, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Congrats. It's fun to watch the hours tick off, over the years.

I remember when I was a student, and there was an instrument student at my
FBO that had (*gasp!*) TWO HUNDRED HOURS.

I thought he was God himself.

Now, with 800-some hours, and growing about 100 per year, I realize how
little he knew, and how REALLY little I knew.

In fact, I'm sometimes amazed that they let any of us fly at all, with just
40-something hours on the clock...

;-)

I look back and wonder how my instructor could have let me solo at 12 hours.
Signing off a student to solo or take a checkride, have to be some of the
scariest moments in aviation.
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
www.wizardofdraws.com
www.cartoonclipart.com

I look back and wonder how my instructor could have let me solo at 12 hours.

I don't think he would today!

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
Viva Bush! www.vivabush.org

I look back and wonder how my instructor could have let me solo at 12
hours.

I don't think he would today!

I don't think things are so different.

At least in the Midwest, there are still old-fashioned CFIs around who will
solo you at less than 10 hours, and finish you up by 40 - 45.

Will that new pilot be ready to fly into Dulles? Nope. But he'll do just
fine in Ottumwa or Iowa City.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

At least in the Midwest, there are still old-fashioned CFIs around who will
solo you at less than 10 hours, and finish you up by 40 - 45.

Well, there may be a few, but I believe typical is 20/60 hours, maybe
higher.

all the best -- Dan Ford
email: (put Cubdriver in subject line)

The Warbird's Forum www.warbirdforum.com
The Piper Cub Forum www.pipercubforum.com
Viva Bush! blog www.vivabush.org

On 4/3/04 5:55 AM, in article ,
"Cub Driver" wrote:


I look back and wonder how my instructor could have let me solo at 12 hours.

I don't think he would today!


?? I soloed in 1999. Has there been that much change in 4 years?
--
Jeff 'The Wizard of Draws' Bucchino
Cartoons with a Touch of Magic�
www.wizardofdraws.com
www.cartoonclipart.com

in article , Wizard of
Draws at wrote on 4/2/04 5:16 PM:

On 4/2/04 9:39 AM, in article %Webc.165213$po.972319@attbi_s52, "Jay Honeck"
wrote:

Congrats. It's fun to watch the hours tick off, over the years.

I remember when I was a student, and there was an instrument student at my
FBO that had (*gasp!*) TWO HUNDRED HOURS.

I thought he was God himself.

Now, with 800-some hours, and growing about 100 per year, I realize how
little he knew, and how REALLY little I knew.

In fact, I'm sometimes amazed that they let any of us fly at all, with just
40-something hours on the clock...

;-)

I look back and wonder how my instructor could have let me solo at 12 hours.
Signing off a student to solo or take a checkride, have to be some of the
scariest moments in aviation.

This brings up a question I have regarding the tabulation of hours. Looking
at my logbook, I had 11.3 hours prior to the lesson in which I first soloed.
The lesson itself lasted a total of 1.2 hours, of which .3 was solo,
sandwiched in between some dual.

Okay, so did I solo at 11.3 hours, or did I solo at 12.5 hours?

"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
...
Okay, so did I solo at 11.3 hours, or did I solo at 12.5 hours?

I don't understand why you need to ask. The phrase "I soloed at x hours"
is equivalent to "I had flown x hours before I flew solo". It's obvious
how many hours you had before you flew solo, and the number sure as heck
isn't 11.3.

in article , Peter Duniho at
wrote on 4/3/04 9:15 AM:

"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
...
Okay, so did I solo at 11.3 hours, or did I solo at 12.5 hours?

I don't understand why you need to ask. The phrase "I soloed at x hours"
is equivalent to "I had flown x hours before I flew solo". It's obvious
how many hours you had before you flew solo, and the number sure as heck
isn't 11.3.

Hmmm, so you're saying it's a number somewhere between 11.3 and 12.5? So why
is it that so many people are confidently able to state, "I soloed at
exactly such-and-such hours", when in fact their circumstances were likely
similar to mine?

I know, it's a minor semantic quibble, but I'm honestly interested in how
people interpret this.

"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
...
Hmmm, so you're saying it's a number somewhere between 11.3 and 12.5? So
why
is it that so many people are confidently able to state, "I soloed at
exactly such-and-such hours", when in fact their circumstances were likely
similar to mine?

Let's ignore for the moment the fact that comparing time-to-solo numbers is
dumb anyway, given the vast disparity in the quality of instructors, the
quality of students, and various factors out of either's control (weather,
distance of practice area, other traffic, etc.). I also don't know why it's
hard for you to figure out what the number for you is, but I'll accept that
it is.

In your example, at the point in time at which you were permitted to act as
the solo pilot in command of the airplane, you had already received 11.3
hours of dual prior to that flight, plus another 0.9 hours of dual that
flight. If you add the two numbers, you get 12.2 hours of dual instruction
prior to your solo.

The reason that so many people are confidently able to state "I soloed at
exactly such-and-such hours" is that they have kept an accurate record of
their dual instruction hours up to that point, and they are able to add the
hours together to come up with a single cumulative figure.

If that still doesn't answer your question, please describe as precisely as
you can what part is still confusing, and I'll be happy to try to clarify
the answer.

Pete