500 hours!

in article , Cub Driver at
wrote on 4/4/04 3:43 AM:

On Sun, 04 Apr 2004 02:11:00 GMT, Philip Sondericker
wrote:

It's just that I'm often asked, "How many hours did
you have before you soloed?"

And you can be pretty sure that the person who asks that is not
interested in a lecture,

Hey, everybody, I've got an idea--why don't we all do a little flying today
and unwind a bit?

lol

"Philip Sondericker" wrote in message
...
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.

Well, not exactly. You see, at the start of the lesson in question, I
received some dual instruction for an undetermined length of time, then I
soloed for .3 hours, then I received some more dual instruction flying
back
to the home airport.

Ah. Most people I guess (myself included) log the time the dual
instruction flight ends...it should be the end of a flight, assuming
the instructor doesn't put on a parachute and jump out. Then you
start logging solo from that time until you land and stop the plane.
If the instructor gets back in and you do some more stuff, then you
start logging dual instruction at that time.

You could just guess I suppose, but you'd need to enter something
in your log book. Should probably be different lines for different
flights.

Reminds me of the student pilot who was asked what he would do
if his instructor became incapacitated half way through a cross
country flight. His answer was to continue to his destination and
log half dual instruction and half pilot in command.

Paul

Paul Sengupta wrote:

Reminds me of the student pilot who was asked what he would do
if his instructor became incapacitated half way through a cross
country flight. His answer was to continue to his destination and
log half dual instruction and half pilot in command.

In the U.S., student pilots are not allowed to carry passengers. I guess the best
thing to do would be to toss the instructor out and finish the trip solo. :-)

George Patterson
This marriage is off to a shaky start. The groom just asked the band to
play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home
a'drinkin' with lovin' on your mind".

Ah. Most people I guess (myself included) log the time the dual
instruction flight ends...it should be the end of a flight, assuming
the instructor doesn't put on a parachute and jump out. Then you
start logging solo from that time until you land and stop the plane.

I was in such bliss that I didn't log anything. But now that I look at
my logbook, I see that my instructor did: for 1/26/98, I flew dual for
0.6 hours followed by solo 0.5 hours.

all the best -- Dan Ford
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