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2015 update

Jaypratt

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Happy new year!

A few stats but not much new.

Flying since 1984,,, 4783 hours in the log book as of December 31 (all airplanes)
161 total last year 2014
Averageing 159 hours per year, (only flew 24 hours the year I was building my first RV6)
First RV flight October 1996 RV6 N46RV
First flight of current RV8 'Borrowed Horse' 07-17-2007
Home base T67 Hicks Airfield Fort Worth, Texas

2014 trips logged

One Idaho trip, C180, 'Paul Reever'
Oshkosh, RV8 'Borrowed Horse'
Bahamas trip. C180
Gastons in Arkansas. Super Cub 'Shooter'
Several gulf coast trips to Port Aransas, Texas and Amalia's Landing in the RV8
Lots of burger flights. Mostly RV8

Where have you been? Please share
 
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a few (past couple of years) places I went that were memorable for me were
Mt. Rushmore, Niagara Falls, and NYC VFR Corridor, with Lady Liberty as the capstone:




 
Happy new year!

A few stats but not much new.

Flying since 1984,,, 4783 hours in the log book as of December 31
161 total last year 2014
Averageing 159 hours per year, (only flew 24 hours the year I was building my first RV6)
First RV flight October 1996 RV6 N46RV
Home base T67 Hicks Airfield Fort Worth, Texas

2014 trips logged

One Idaho trip,
Oshkosh
Bahamas trip.
Gastons in Arkansas.
Several gulf coast trips to Port Aransas, Texas and Amalia's Landing
Lots of burger flights.

Where have you been? Please share



Happy New Year!

All new stats not much old.

Flying since 2011,,, 2,063 hours in the logbook as of December 31st.
622 total RV last year in 259 VFR days
First flight August 2011 RV9A N666BK
Home base Solberg Airport NJ


2014 trips logged

Alaska
Prosser WA
Several trips to Canada
Visited 5 museums, lots of soup flights :D



 
It's been a Great year for me, started with about 6 hours in my RV. Why not start it off with lunch !
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Love me some RV flying with buddies!
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My first aileron roll in the RV!
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Holy smokes Vlad

Vlad, are you serious, 622 hours in one year.

By my calculations that's

4976 gallons of fuel
$27,368 in fuel
52 hours per month
12 hours per week
1 oil change per month

I have a 44 mile round trip commute to work each day. I figure you spent more time flying than I did commute to work last year. All I can say is holy smokes!

Michael;)
 
That's a lot of flying. I'm only doing 300 hrs a year as a commercial charter pilot! Burnt 5 times the fuel though.
 
No RV time yet...

Hopefully first flight this summer.

Did 165 hours last year in my Cardinal and a couple other planes.

Bahamas, Glacier National Park, Sun N Fun, Pittsburgh, Mt. Rushmore and a couple others.

Overall a good year for flying!

-Dan
 
Hey, Beaumont Hotel in Kansas! Wondered if that was still there, interesting eating stop in the old days.
 
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