First Solo and Total Hours Flown

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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FWIW: I soloed with 1.5 hours logged.

How many NOT logged?

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Haven't got a clue, they weren't logged. But unlogged hours included cross
country trips, three point and wheel landings (tail dragger donchaknow),
hoodwork (my brother thought it was entertaining to put me under the hood
and play "you got it"(His son is now flying Part 135 in a King Air.)),
stalls, I don't recall doing spins - but it's been a lot of years, general
"airwork" stuff. I probably could have passed a check ride by the time I
decided to go after getting the paperwork and actually signed up with a
_certified_ flight instuctor. The 1.5 hours was more of a check ride than
"instruction".

I think the trip we took from Michigan to Alaska was after I soloed, but I'm
pretty sure we flew to Oshkosh before...

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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FWIW: I soloed with 1.5 hours logged.

How many NOT logged?

;-)
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Iowa City, IA
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Haven't got a clue, they weren't logged. But unlogged hours included cross
country trips, three point and wheel landings (tail dragger donchaknow),
hoodwork (my brother thought it was entertaining to put me under the hood
and play "you got it"(His son is now flying Part 135 in a King Air.)),
stalls, I don't recall doing spins - but it's been a lot of years, general
"airwork" stuff. I probably could have passed a check ride by the time I
decided to go after getting the paperwork and actually signed up with a
_certified_ flight instuctor. The 1.5 hours was more of a check ride than
"instruction".

I think the trip we took from Michigan to Alaska was after I soloed, but
I'm pretty sure we flew to Oshkosh before...


Oh, I forgot. My brother was flying a Citabria for a while, so I had done
spins, rolls, and loops before I soloed. I guess I am getting senile.

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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FWIW: I soloed with 1.5 hours logged.

How many NOT logged?

;-)


Ok, I just looked in the log book - I actually had 2 hours and 5 minutes
logged. Not 1.5 hours.

Sorry for the error. I was working from memory.

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"Greengears" wrote in news:1164902589.028045.136700@
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Every pilot out there will never forget their first Solo. But there has
always been this nagging questions as to should there be a minimum
amount of hours flown before a pilot can be allowed to Solo. I have
seen pilots solo in as little as 9 hours and as high as 75 hours.
I know most of you will say that it should vary from pilot to pilot.
But should there be a minimum amount of hours flown?

Yes. 0.

"Greengears" wrote in news:1164902589.028045.136700@
80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:

Every pilot out there will never forget their first Solo. But there has
always been this nagging questions as to should there be a minimum
amount of hours flown before a pilot can be allowed to Solo. I have
seen pilots solo in as little as 9 hours and as high as 75 hours.
I know most of you will say that it should vary from pilot to pilot.
But should there be a minimum amount of hours flown?

Perhaps there should be a minimum number of landings rather than a minimum
number of hours....

Every pilot out there will never forget their first Solo. But there has
always been this nagging questions as to should there be a minimum
amount of hours flown before a pilot can be allowed to Solo. I have
seen pilots solo in as little as 9 hours and as high as 75 hours.
I know most of you will say that it should vary from pilot to pilot.
But should there be a minimum amount of hours flown?Perhaps there should be a minimum number of landings rather than a minimum
number of hours....

So... how many landinges per 0 hours?

"Judah" wrote in message
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"Greengears" wrote in
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Every pilot out there will never forget their first Solo. But there has
always been this nagging questions as to should there be a minimum
amount of hours flown before a pilot can be allowed to Solo. I have
seen pilots solo in as little as 9 hours and as high as 75 hours.
I know most of you will say that it should vary from pilot to pilot.
But should there be a minimum amount of hours flown?

Perhaps there should be a minimum number of landings rather than a minimum
number of hours....

Why? Is there a _REAL_ problem you are trying to solve? Are you aware of
flight insructors sending students off to solo without at least the minimum
skills?

So far this thread has 72 entries, but no one seems to have identified any
real need for "minimums".

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There is no REAL problem I am trying to solve. I have seen incompetent
pilots who have been allowed to solo by their instructors and I have
also seen new instructors who have not allowed their students to solo
for a long time because they were more afraid of their license.
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
"Judah" wrote in message
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"Greengears" wrote in
news:1164902589.028045.136700@
80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com:

Every pilot out there will never forget their first Solo. But there has
always been this nagging questions as to should there be a minimum
amount of hours flown before a pilot can be allowed to Solo. I have
seen pilots solo in as little as 9 hours and as high as 75 hours.
I know most of you will say that it should vary from pilot to pilot.
But should there be a minimum amount of hours flown?

Perhaps there should be a minimum number of landings rather than a minimum
number of hours....

Why? Is there a _REAL_ problem you are trying to solve? Are you aware of
flight insructors sending students off to solo without at least the minimum
skills?

So far this thread has 72 entries, but no one seems to have identified any
real need for "minimums".

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There is no REAL problem I am trying to solve.

Then don't solve it with legislation.

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Not only shouldnt there be a minimum, or maximum, but I can tell you it
should not even be a topic of conversation. What happens is all the
people who soloed in short hours brag, post, tell and maybe lie. And
all the people who took a long time cringe. It does NO ONE any good.
Especially dont ask your instructor how many hours it took him to solo
and if he starts to tell you avoid the guy. Avoid him entirely if he
brags about it.

Just find a good instructor, concentrate on the tasks at hand and fly
the best you can.