My First 100 Hours

Finally got around to this one...

Total time: 100.7
Total flights: 59
Instrument Approaches: 2
Total landings: 234
Full-Motion Sim Time: 0
ASEL: 100.7
AMEL: 0
Cross Country: 35.9
Day: 87.0
Night: 13.7
Actual Inst: 0
Sim Inst: 5.1
Dual Received: 35.1
PIC: 67.1
IFR: 0

Airports I've Operated at:
Class B Airports: 0
Class C Airports: 0 (first flight into KHOU, a class C at the time, was a month later)
Class D Airports: 6 - KEFD (home base), KCLL, KBPT, KLCH, KADS, KDWH
Class E Airports: 3 - KGLS, KCXO, KSPX (RIP)
Class G Airports: 5 - KLBX, T00, KPSX, KVCT, T49

Airplanes I've Flown and Logged:
C172 (2)
PA28-151
PA28-161
AA5B

Different CFI's I've Flown With: 3

Notable Flights:

First Flight: 4/13/88
First Solo: 6/26/88, 14.7 hours
PPL Checkride: 10/18/88, 59.2 hours
First Passenger Flight: 10/19/88
Longest Distance Flight: Two round trips KEFD-KADS (both 5.2 total, one in a 172, one in a Warrior)
 
I'm almost there! :D 2.4 hrs to go, and I've got time reserved this weekend. Any new stories since June? I'm hoping to hit 100 by Jan 1 2010, just need to get out there.
 
Rob Schaffer said:
I'm almost there! :D 2.4 hrs to go, and I've got time reserved this weekend. Any new stories since June? I'm hoping to hit 100 by Jan 1 2010, just need to get out there.
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Hmm...

I'd have to pull out my logbook, but I think in June I had about 350 hours, and now I'm past 550, approaching 600. :)
 
I totally missed this thread first time around! I'll have to pull out my logbook one of these days and see where I was after 100 hours. It'll be a lot more boring than most folks' first 100 -- problems with my 3rd class medical kept me from soloing until something like 95 hours.

Last I checked, I'm at 544 now... probably 546 by tonight unless my instructor cancels. Worst case, I'll just take a quick trip up to PTK to pick up the new L-28 and approach plates.

Oh yeah, planes we flew that are now RIP... scarily enough, at least 3 of the planes I logged time in as a student had crashed by 2005.

N6221C RIP
N65455 RIP
N13586 I think this one is still sitting in the FBO hangar at 76G...

It was late 2003 I think, and I was being checked out in my friend's Cardinal when 65455 augured in at PTK. I heard about it on the UNICOM at 76G, but only found out the tail number later. I think there was one serious injury. :frown3:
 
WAHOO!! Today I broke the 1-0-0 Hr Mark! It has been a very exciting two years of training and expanding my horizons. Here's my summary of the past 100 hours!

First Flight - August 4, 2007 -- Introduction flight (KLOM) in a C172SP
First "Training" flight - Jan 5, 2008 -- Perkiomen Valley (N10) in a C152
First SOLO Flight - March 15th, 2008 -- 9.3 Hrs TT, C152 @ N10 (Click here to Watch on YouTube)
First Solo XC Flight / First Time Getting Lost - April 22, 2008 - N10->KHZL->N10
CHECKRIDE -- June 12, 2008 @ 41.6 Hrs (Including Checkride) - C152
First Passenger -- June 12, 2008 - My Wife Becky!
First Breakfast/Lunch Run -- July 27, 2008 - C172SP - KLOM-KLNS-KLOM
First Time Plane Breaksdown/Can't get started -- Oct 19th, 2008 - C172SP, Of course, this was also my parents first flight with me.

First Plane - Non-equity Arrangement with Bob C (here on the POA) in a 1967' C172H. Happened to sign the agreement on the 1 year anniversary of my PP Certificate :D

POA Gatherings Attended:
Wings Fly-B-Que (2008/2009)
Windwood WV (10-2-09) Windwood was also my Longest XC Flight to date and I was honored to make the flight with my PP Mentor, Lee Kitson (Nav8tor).

NorthEast Flyers Events:
Reading, PA
St. Michaels MD -- My Wife's first XC flight with me, had a blast with other POA'rs such as Gary and Mary, and more importantly, my wife is comfortable enough to sleep in the plane :D
Lancaster, PA


Totals
Total Number of Flights 77
Total Number of Day Landings 208
Total Number of Night Landings 16
Total Number of Landings 224
Total Instrument Approaches 0
Total Day Hours 94.1
Total Night Hours 6.1
Single Engine Land 100.2
Total Cross Country Hours 29.2
Total Simulated Instrument Hours 4.1
Total Actual Instrument Hours 0.0
Total Dual Received Hours 36.4
Total Pilot in Command Hours 72.6
Grand Total Hours 100.2

Hours by Airplane
C152 44.4
C172 42.3
DA-20-C1 12.8
Archer II 0.7
Grand Total100.2

Number of CFI's Flown With : 5

Airports:
Class B: (Flown Regularly thru Phili Airspace, but No Landings in Bravo's)
Class C: KABE, KACY
Class D: KLNS, KRDG, KILG, KPNE, KESN

Grass Field Landing: O03 (Morgantown Gliderport)

And you can see photos and read all about the adventures on my Blog
 
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I broke a hundred hours in type with my Fly Baby last month. 200 landings and 50 different "airports". Zero ground loops. (sigh of relief)

First 100 hours was all in gliders and took years to accumulate.
 
Well I guess this is a good post for introductions. I'm rapidly gaining on the 500 hr mark these days, but this was a nice opportunity to see how I got where I am now.

My first 100 were all over the board. After my PPL, the bulk of my hours came quickly in UPT. So here's the story of my first 100.

Total time: 100.3
Instrument Approaches: 15
Total landings: 339
Sim Time: around 30 hours in the T-6A sim
ASEL: 92.2
AMEL: 8.2
Cross Country: 10.6
Day: 94.7
Night: 5.6
Actual Inst: 0
Sim Inst: 5.0
Dual Received: 75.2
PIC: 25.1

Airports I Operated at (too lazy to divy up the classes):
T02, KCLL, KCOS, KPUB, KEND, KDVT, KAPA, 9A4, 14J, KDCU, KSZY, KIDP, KGYR, CO80, 3A1, KLHX, KLIC, KBJC, KASE, 1V6, KCKA, E25

Airplanes I Flew and Logged: 8
C-150 (N994U)
C-172 (N54615, N9895F, N99243, N78332)
PA-28 (N9671C)
AC-50 ( N9UB )
BE-200 (N49R)
C-310 (N100CP)
DA20-C1 (12 different tail #s)
T-6A (16 different tail #s)


Airplanes I Flew but Didn't/couldn't Log: 6
HH-65A (6568)
C-172RG (N662NA)
PA46 (17NG)
C-172 (N98913)
PA31 (N27693)
PT-17 (???)

Different CFI's I Flew With: 8 (plus about 6-9 mil guys)

Notable Flights:

First Flight: 6/28/1997 T02 now KLVJ C150 (N8994U)
First Solo: 6/12/2004 KCOS PA-28 (N9671C) @ 7.9 hrs
PPL Checkride: 11/3/2006 KCOS C172 (N9895F) @ 47.6 hrs
First Passenger Flight: 11/5/2006 KCOS C172 (N99243) Took roommate and his girlfriend. Flew around C-Springs.
Instrument Checkride (this was after my 100 hr mark): 7/2/2008 KEND T-6A (05-3761) & 2/2/2009 KEND T-1A (94-0118) FAA required both instrument/navigation checks for FAA cert.
Most Memorable Flight 1: First solo
Most Memorable Flight 2: First UPT flight
Most Memorable Flight 3: Flying my old man around (ret USCG pilot)
 
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