Category: general aviation

The Year in Flying (2016)

Well, I didn’t do as well as I had hoped, I only flew 1 time in 2016, although that was an IPC. I had hoped after I got my medical back that I would be able to find time to get out and fly, but I didn’t get my medical back until July and never really found the time after that, so my one and only flight was on 2016-04-14.

  • Flights – 1
  • Time – 1.2 hrs
  • Night time – 0.0 hrs
  • Cross-country – 0.0 hrs
  • Solo time – 0.0 hrs
  • Dual time – 1.2 hrs
  • Take-offs & landings – 1
  • Approaches – 3
  • Actual instrument time – 0.0 hrs
  • Simulated instrument time – 1.0 hrs
  • New airports – 0

Flight log – 2016-04-14

Well, I’m still waiting for my special issuance medical to arrive from Oklahoma City, but I did get an IPC (instrument proficiency check) in today so that when my medical does arrive, I’ll be current to fly IFR.  I was very rusty today.  I had difficulty maintaining altitude and found myself chasing the needles more than I’d like, but Harold did sign off (though I plan to get more practice under the hood before I venture back out into actual).  I got in 3 approaches and holding and tracking.  All in all, not a bad day to fly.  1.2 on the Hobbs.

2016-04-14-flight

Takeoffs & Landings: 1
Approaches: 3
New airports: 0
Time: 1.2
Total time: 233.0

Flight Log-2015-04-12

Well, I now have 2 flights in this calendar year (a flight review and an IPC) and am again IFR current (though the picture below shows I am very rusty and in need of more practice).  Another 1.6, 1.5 of it under the hood, so no sightseeing today.  The weather was finally beautiful, after having the 1st 3 attempts cancelled due to weather.  Temp 16°C, winds calm to 160@04, alt. 30.16, clear.  It was a little bumpy at times at altitude which contributed to some of my difficulty hand-flying these approaches, but the later ones got better.  First ILS22@KZZV including once around the hold after parallel entry, followed by VOR4@KZZV, followed by VOR22@KZZV, and finishing up with GPS27@KVTA. 

Takeoffs & landings: 1
Approaches: 4
Time: 1.6
Total time: 226.0

Flight Log – 2015-01-05

After more than 14 months without flying, I finally got back in the air today and completed a flight review, so I am again legal to act as pilot-in-command and carry passengers.  It was pretty dang cold, temp -9°C, winds 270@10, alt 30.51, clouds clear (at start, high clouds were moving in by the end).  I need to knock some rust off, but Harold (the instructor) actually complimented me on the smoothness of 2 of my 4 landings (the other 2 were fine, too, just not as nice as the 2 he commented on).  Not bad after so much time off.  Next month I’ll get an IPC (instrument proficiency check) and become instrument-current again, too.

Takeoffs & landings: 4
Time: 1.0
Total time: 224.4

Flight Log – 2013-10-04

I had every intention of a making a much longer flight, but by the time the plane was free and I got to the airport, there were showers and possible embedded thunderstorms moving in our direction, so I decided to just do the requisite 3 trips around the pattern to be current and go back for the previously planned flight another time.  Temp 28°C, winds 270@04, alt 30.05, few at 4500, overcast at 6500 when I started, lower than that when I finished, just 25 minutes later.

 

Takeoffs & landings: 3
Time: 0.4
Total time: 223.4

Flight log 2012-07-13

Flight review complete. Temp was a very pleasant 23°F, but the wind got ugly for the final 2 landings. Winds 140@13G22. Alt. 30.19. Did the GPS28@4I3, cirle to 10, followed by 2 touch and goes, followed by VOR-A@KVTA, circle to 9, touch and go, and full stop. I used Foreflight on the iPad for the approaches, no paper plates in the cockpit.

Flight log 2012-05-18

I got checked out on the new G1000 C172 (I last flew the old one 3 or 4 years ago) today.  Next flight I’ll have Harold help me get used to using the iPad with ForeFlight on the cockpit.  Temp 24°C, wind 100@07, altimeter 30.11, clear.  Just local flight, but the plane was up at Knox County (4I3) while they resurface the runway at KVTA.  1.0 on the Hobbs, beautiful day to fly.  The AMOD didn’t lock on before take off, so I don’t have the Google Earth track this time.