Total hours flown in April: 6.7
Total hours flown year to date: 21.1
I figured this might be a light flying month, considering the half marathon I ran and some overtime that I worked. It wound up being a little lighter than I hoped even with factoring those things in, but I at least got a couple flights in!
April 1st: 2.0 in the C172
Mark and I flew down to Chesterfield (FCI) to check out their buffet lunch. It was good (and cheap)! They had a decent selection, including a few desserts, and the bread pudding was especially good. As a nice wakeup call as we were approaching the airport, I came the closest I've ever come to hitting a bird (and it was a BIG one!). I saw it and turned to avoid it, but it turned to avoid me and we were both pointing at the same point in space. I had to bank pretty aggressively to miss it and wound up watching it zip past the wing, less than 50 feet away. Fun. At least I wasn't picking feathers out of a hole in the wing!
April 26th: 0.7 in the C172.
Even more impressive, I did this local solo flight on a Sunday afternoon after a quickturn! I haven't done that in a few years. My mechanic had been trying to troubleshoot a slow fuel leak and I wanted to test-fly the plane to see if it was fixed. No leaks! (Possibly because it was only half tanks when I took off...)
April 29th: 4.0 in the C172.
Mark and I flew to NJ to fly a small Boston Terrier for a Pilots N Paws flight and have lunch with my mom for her birthday. You can read all about this flight in my previous blog post. It was really fun!
At a third of the way through the year, I'm nowhere near where I hoped I'd be as far as hitting my 240 hours total time goal for the year. In theory, I should be somewhere around 80 hours flown to date for the year, while in reality I've just barely topped 20. I'm not giving up yet, though! At this point, I need to fly an average of 27.5 hours per month to reach the goal. It's ambitious, but not impossible. As I write this, the C172 is back in the shop for a new master switch and some more fuel leak troubleshooting, but it will hopefully be back in time for a short trip we have planned. I'm also hoping to get my sleep sorted out again soon (I'm writing this on my break as I work an overtime mid, which, while great for my wallet, isn't so great for being well-rested), and if I can find a day where the winds are light, I'm looking forward to knocking the rust off my taildragger skills and getting my C120 back in the air again.
Total hours flown year to date: 21.1
I figured this might be a light flying month, considering the half marathon I ran and some overtime that I worked. It wound up being a little lighter than I hoped even with factoring those things in, but I at least got a couple flights in!
Mark and I flew down to Chesterfield (FCI) to check out their buffet lunch. It was good (and cheap)! They had a decent selection, including a few desserts, and the bread pudding was especially good. As a nice wakeup call as we were approaching the airport, I came the closest I've ever come to hitting a bird (and it was a BIG one!). I saw it and turned to avoid it, but it turned to avoid me and we were both pointing at the same point in space. I had to bank pretty aggressively to miss it and wound up watching it zip past the wing, less than 50 feet away. Fun. At least I wasn't picking feathers out of a hole in the wing!
Even more impressive, I did this local solo flight on a Sunday afternoon after a quickturn! I haven't done that in a few years. My mechanic had been trying to troubleshoot a slow fuel leak and I wanted to test-fly the plane to see if it was fixed. No leaks! (Possibly because it was only half tanks when I took off...)
Mark and I flew to NJ to fly a small Boston Terrier for a Pilots N Paws flight and have lunch with my mom for her birthday. You can read all about this flight in my previous blog post. It was really fun!
At a third of the way through the year, I'm nowhere near where I hoped I'd be as far as hitting my 240 hours total time goal for the year. In theory, I should be somewhere around 80 hours flown to date for the year, while in reality I've just barely topped 20. I'm not giving up yet, though! At this point, I need to fly an average of 27.5 hours per month to reach the goal. It's ambitious, but not impossible. As I write this, the C172 is back in the shop for a new master switch and some more fuel leak troubleshooting, but it will hopefully be back in time for a short trip we have planned. I'm also hoping to get my sleep sorted out again soon (I'm writing this on my break as I work an overtime mid, which, while great for my wallet, isn't so great for being well-rested), and if I can find a day where the winds are light, I'm looking forward to knocking the rust off my taildragger skills and getting my C120 back in the air again.
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