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April 24th 10, 01:50 AM
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General Flight Experience - Just Wondering
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??? 
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April 24th 10, 03:05 AM
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General Flight Experience - Just Wondering
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.
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April 24th 10, 04:01 AM
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General Flight Experience - Just Wondering
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.
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April 24th 10, 04:13 AM
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General Flight Experience - Just Wondering
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.
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