To add to my earlier post:
23 airports, 6 countries
Don’t normally work it out in those terms, but fun question.
33 airfields (well, technically, 31 airfields, a field, and a beach), 6 countries.
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2013 for me the current tally stands at
39 hours on 4 different aircraft (all C172s or PA28s) flying in 5 countries, 23 Airfields (here’s hoping the weather holds for tomorrow ;-)
Not as good as one would hope but a number of firsts and some interesting places.
3 new types.
8 countries (4 new).
10 new airports.
120 hrs total.
Picked up a few new badges in 2013: FI (A), with Multi and Aerobatics restrictions lifted, hope to get the IRI early in 2014 – in the process got my EASA licence, but also got the lifetime UK CPL which at under £40 is quite good value for a CAA licence fee.
Hopefully, also plan to get the AOPA intermediate standard in 2014.
Added half a dozen Essex and Suffolk farm strips to the repertoire – there are still a few dozen to go.
In 2014 the PA18-95 will check out the Continent (Munich and Milan) – if the Euroga venue does end up being Croatia may try and make this. Last time in Zagreb, was over a dozen years ago – there were still some NATO restrictions, and I was asked to keep my speed up on the ILS as there was a brace of MIG-21s also on the Localiser behind me.
A beachside villa with half acre plot in the islands near Split could be bought for EUR25k, back then – regretfully did not follow the idea up!
Same average as last year, a couple of hours more, 86 total on PA18, PA28, C152, C172, all VFR.
An upset year, different flying, mostly short trips, but in the last quarter I bought my own aircraft, so hopefully in 2014 I’ll be free to roam.
With about 25 hours total very few hours compared to most here.
To say nothing about me : 14 hours and 11 flights, all VFR.
:_(
Incidentally sortie is a french noun meaning several things (exit, the fact of going out..) but also the fact of going somewhere . For exemple : “une sortie avec des amis” : the fact of going somewhere with friends to entertain oneself….
Total hours since 1 Jan 2013: 112
Night hours: 8.1
IFR hours: about 30
All in the TB10
Managed proper trips to Scotland, Germany (twice) and Belgium, along with lots of flights to see family in Exeter and Blackpool, a few weekends on the Scillies and Jersey and a couple of lunches in France.
The big trip for 2014 will hopefully be up to northern Norway.
Total hours since 1 Jan: 643
Sorties: 0 (I do not fly in the military)
Flights: 374
Night hours: 56
Actual IMC: 85