The First Thousand Hours

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
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I sat down with my log books and transcribed them into an Excel
spreadsheet, allowing me to extract the following mildly interesting data:

Nice write-up Jay.


- 19 different aircraft types flown (Top two: 437 flights in the
Pathfinder; 404 in the Warrior)

Some more from the list please :-)


- 190 different airports in 25 states (Top 3: Iowa, 47 different
airports; Wisconsin: 41 airports; Illinois: 26 airports)

What are the closest states to Iowa that you've skipped over?


- Highest wind noted during landing: 62 knots

When you flew up here, to Minneapolis, in 2003 for The National Air Tour you
had a GPS GS reading of over 200 mph. What's the fastest you've flown ...as
PIC?


Montblack

- 19 different aircraft types flown

Some more from the list please :-)

- Alon Ercoupe
- Piper J3-Cub
- Decathlon
- Grumman Tiger
- Beech King Air
- Blanik Sail plane
- Cessna 150
- Cessna 172
- Cessna 182
- Cessna 310
- Lockheed Constellation
- Mooney M20B
- Piper 140
- Piper Warrior
- Piper 180
- Piper Archer
- Piper Pathfinder
- Boeing Stearman

- 190 different airports in 25 states (Top 3: Iowa, 47 different
airports; Wisconsin: 41 airports; Illinois: 26 airports)

What are the closest states to Iowa that you've skipped over?

Hmmmm. Dunno. I've flown OVER most states, just haven't landed in all of
'em...yet.

When you flew up here, to Minneapolis, in 2003 for The National Air Tour
you had a GPS GS reading of over 200 mph. What's the fastest you've flown
...as PIC?

Well, my fasted noted groundspeed in a single has been 243 mph. (The
multi-engine planes don't "count"...) I don't know what speed we were
doing in the Mooney -- it may have been faster than that -- but that flight
pre-dated GPS, and I was more focused on the sound of the engine and the
fact that I couldn't see land in any direction!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
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