Flightrite Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 (edited) Curious as to what a typical RA driver does in a year! The current fiasco would have a big bearing on most hours for some no doubt! Edited September 19, 2021 by Flightrite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueadventures Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 50 to 60 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted September 19, 2021 Author Share Posted September 19, 2021 That's pretty good:-) I figure an hour a week at the least. There a few guys I know who barely fly from one year to another, some who own A/C. I know a bloke who used to own an R22 heli, his final annual before he sold it was $12K & he did 12 hrs that year, any wonder he sold it! Sad to see some planes rotting away outside in the elements never/rarely being flown:-( 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 RAA have the figures. I seem to remember a substantial number of RAA doing 2 to 5 hours/year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT5224 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I probably fly about 20 hours. It just comes down to work demands and time available. Even though I've got an aircraft sat in its hangar on my own property. Keep hoping to fly more and rack up a few more big trips Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 20 hrs sure is low:-( I'd go crazy without a fix a couple of times a week:-) 100 min for me up to around 150 PA. I've not flown as much over winter as the WX in Sth Vic has been bloody awful, Covid never stopped me just the man at the BOM ordering crap WX !:-)😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NT5224 Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) 38 minutes ago, Flightrite said: 20 hrs sure is low:-( I'd go crazy without a fix a couple of times a week:-) 100 min for me up to around 150 PA. I've not flown as much over winter as the WX in Sth Vic has been bloody awful, Covid never stopped me just the man at the BOM ordering crap WX !:-)😁 I'd love to fly more but the demands of land management keep me busy dawn to dusk. Funnily enough its flying out to look at bushfires that is when I use my aircraft a lot. I have had only had one week 'off' this year and that week was spent building my hangar. Cant wait to retire!🤣 Alan Edited September 22, 2021 by NT5224 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted September 22, 2021 Author Share Posted September 22, 2021 U r dead a very long time Alan (well so they say), one day whilst in yr rocking chair you may very well say I wish I made more time to fly......make it happen:-) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve L Posted September 22, 2021 Share Posted September 22, 2021 I retired three years ago and since then I can’t find the time to fly, I wonder how I ever found the time to work 6 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgwilson Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I fly around 50 hours a year. Last year when I couldn't go anywhere and flyins were cancelled etc I actually did 54 hours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 50 hrs would seem a lot to some, would be if you had to hire a club plane etc. Hate to imagine what hire rates are these days.....Ouch!:-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JG3 Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 1800hrs over 16 years. All recreational, no commercial training. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 The only way to get BIG hours is to have a job in the industry, Then you will do a lot of flying that is just work, often at night and in crook weather which would not be your choice of the best fun time.. . Instructing, you might fly 4 different types in one day and you fill up logbooks fast with minimal details recorded. I would rarely fly alone unless doing a ferry flight. It's good to have a routine of exercises to put yourself through to see if you've still got it. IF there's likely to be much doubt about it take an Instructor. Just coming out and doing a few circuits at a familiar aerodrome doesn't prove much. Don't look for an easy BFR Get a thorough one where your skills and knowledge are exposed and can be corrected . Don't fly with a COMPETITIVE instructor or someone who will just try to break you. He/she should bring out your best.. Nev 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 'BIG' hours doesn't mean BIG experience. A typical 2-4 hr fight in some push button tube interrupted by one T/off & one Ldg, doesn't add up to much over many years. The bank runner boys used to get snapped up by the Airlines in the good 'ole days as they had thinking experience not just hour after hour feet putting to sleep experience. I knew a guy who had many 1000's of hrs instructing in the R/H seat of toy planes so his total was well beyond mine but he got passed over in one job as he couldn't fly to save himself! I guess it boils down to $$$ these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 IF there's heaps of repetition and fights with boredom those hours don't mean a lot. On long haul you might only get 3 landings a month as they are shared. If they are coupled (autopilot) you might as well be in a simulator. Single pilot IFR is the most stressful of all and most demanding. You must be an efficient "One Man Band' as distinct from operating in a two crew operation where BOTH have specific tasks depending on who is PIC on that leg. Totally different concept. . Basic instruction and initial assy and short sector route training is high workload for all involved. Let's face it Most of US are addicted and it's a bit like marriage. You are not quite sane when you do it. . Nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Country Flyer Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 Hi From Albury.... did 92 hours over the last 12 months... some longer trips to Ballina , Port Maq, Maitland. The weather man slowed things down over the last 8 weeks... rain rain and more rain ... All private. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRviator Posted September 28, 2021 Share Posted September 28, 2021 At present I'm probably in the 40-50 hour range in the RV-9, but if we can a 4 seater that'll probably double as all of us can go on trips away. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted December 15, 2021 Share Posted December 15, 2021 100 hours again this year, my average over the last 17 years is just over 104 a year, best year was 147 back in 2018, not bad for someone who doesn’t have weekday access due to the RAAF activation and can only fly weekends and when the RAAF shuts down for a month over Christmas. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Probably only around 20 hours but my average flight is only about 20 minutes, which i find is ample to loop, roll, hammerhead, 1/2 cuban, spin or whatever takes my fancy. I am away half the year so fly at least twice a week when home if the weather is OK. 10 minutes twice a week with the smoke on eats into the budget! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 Hardly get your motor warm. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 It’s a new year, you can wipe the slate clean(we wish!) and fly more!👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacesailor Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 I saw a group of four R Vs , in a diamond formation, overflying Prospect NSW. This morning. They were proceeded by two Pit specials. On rout to Bankstown airport. Any member,s from this forum, ?. Spacesailor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Koreelah Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Hours flown during 2020= 6.4 Hours flown during 2021= 20.5 Trips away = nil for two years Local area is becoming quite familiar. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flightrite Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 Yes the local area is very famil now! Oil CO’s must have been hurting over the last two years or so. Oddly enuf corporate charter is still happening right thru this mess, who said no one’s got any money? 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alf jessup Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Topped out at 117.7 for the year just gone. Time to start 2022’s tally tomorrow. Fly safe everyone for the year ahead. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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