jfw wrote:
Well as relative new & free-time pilot, 2016 was bad year for me : 28h instead of 37h in 2015 :-(Plans for 2017:
-getting back in the 35-50h zone
-get the endorsement for DR400 plane
-get NVFR
-make some pleasure flights outside Belgiumand if I am getting wild start IFR
Update:
endorsement DR400 ==> DONE
NVFR ==> DONE
…and I feel I am getting wild 
looking at information for starting the IR path
jfw wrote:
…and I feel I am getting wild looking at information for starting the IR path
Do that! You’ll never regret it.
Fenland_Flyer wrote:
What is the DA40 like to side slip?
It sideslips beautifully 
I only just noticed this topic now that it got bumped. So here goes:
If I add in late 2015, when I started PPL training, I had a total of 22h31min at the end of 2016, all of it in the Aquila A210 or A211. 4h43min of that was solo flying. There was a large break from April to August in which I didn’t fly at all, mainly due to time constraints as a young father and intensive care doctor, two occupations which imho are already mutually exclusive to some degree…
I forgot about “aspirations for 2017”. Very simple (or not): Getting the PPL before our daughter is due in May. Thereafter retaining basic currency despite having two very small children at home, moving and changing jobs. To be honest if I manage one hour of flying per month after the PPL I’m glad. Oh and I wanted to visit my friend in Bonn (EDKB) by plane.
