General Flight Experience - Just Wondering

[Bob Whelan[_3_]]

A recent conversation with an experienced glider pilot/flight instructor
got me to wondering...

I know of one CFIG/FBO who - when he got into the CFIG activity years
ago - admitted to several years of 800 hours/year in rides and
instruction...in Ohio!

I know roughly how many annual hours semi-sick weekend-warrior types can
accumulate.

And my recent conversation elicited an instructor with >11,000 total
glider hours (~75% instructing), and - gasp-a-rootie! - 860 'ticketed'
students.

What else is out there in the way of accumulated glider experience???

[mattm[_2_]]

On Apr 23, 8:50*pm, Bob Whelan > wrote:
> A recent conversation with an experienced glider pilot/flight instructor
> got me to wondering...
>
> I know of one CFIG/FBO who - when he got into the CFIG activity years
> ago - admitted to several years of 800 hours/year in rides and
> instruction...in Ohio!
>
> I know roughly how many annual hours semi-sick weekend-warrior types can
> accumulate.
>
> And my recent conversation elicited an instructor with >11,000 total
> glider hours (~75% instructing), and - gasp-a-rootie! - 860 'ticketed'
> students.
>
> What else is out there in the way of accumulated glider experience???

Gad zooks!

Personally I've only got about 400 hours, 900 flights, and 150
instructional
hours, with 2 students signed off for tickets for my 22 years of
flying.
However, I've been flying a lot more lately, both giving instruction
and
flying myself. The guy that taught me to fly had about 3000 hours in
gliders at the time.

[Grider Pirate]

On Apr 23, 5:50*pm, Bob Whelan > wrote:
> A recent conversation with an experienced glider pilot/flight instructor
> got me to wondering...
>
> I know of one CFIG/FBO who - when he got into the CFIG activity years
> ago - admitted to several years of 800 hours/year in rides and
> instruction...in Ohio!
>
> I know roughly how many annual hours semi-sick weekend-warrior types can
> accumulate.
>
> And my recent conversation elicited an instructor with >11,000 total
> glider hours (~75% instructing), and - gasp-a-rootie! - 860 'ticketed'
> students.
>
> What else is out there in the way of accumulated glider experience???

I didn't start flying until 2001. I got my own glider in 2004.
I fly weekends only (with a few exceptions). Since 2006 I've flown 100
- 150 hours a year.

[Grider Pirate]

On Apr 23, 8:01*pm, Grider Pirate > wrote:
> On Apr 23, 5:50*pm, Bob Whelan > wrote:
>
> > A recent conversation with an experienced glider pilot/flight instructor
> > got me to wondering...
>
> > I know of one CFIG/FBO who - when he got into the CFIG activity years
> > ago - admitted to several years of 800 hours/year in rides and
> > instruction...in Ohio!
>
> > I know roughly how many annual hours semi-sick weekend-warrior types can
> > accumulate.
>
> > And my recent conversation elicited an instructor with >11,000 total
> > glider hours (~75% instructing), and - gasp-a-rootie! - 860 'ticketed'
> > students.
>
> > What else is out there in the way of accumulated glider experience???
>
> I didn't start flying until 2001. *I got my own glider in 2004.
> I fly weekends only (with a few exceptions). Since 2006 I've flown 100
> - 150 hours a year.

Oops...... and have accumulated 705 hours.