How much do you fly each year?

[bonal]

We fly over Lincoln all the time when heading to the Sierras makes a good waypoint to avoid Beal AFB and Sac int. is there a good eatery on the field? What was your flight time on that long trip 47U

[gsxrpilot]

I set a goal and a budget ceiling of 150 hours over 12 months. Since I've only had the Mooney since late March, I'm at about 9 months right now and 97 hours. So I guess I need to step it up a bit to make the goal.

[bonal]

I'm on vacation and this damn weather is making me fall behind me and my big mouth talking it up. How great the winter weather in California is for flying. It's like I said if you see me bet on red put yours on black and you will win every time. AARGH!!!

[rbuck]

Sounds like the general consensus is "not enough"  . 

For me, I've moved twice in the past year (military). Being single helps with that 100+ hours, too, but that's not going to be the case next year! I'm glad that my fiancé enjoys flying!

[47U]

No food at Lincoln, but Auburn (AUN, 15 miles eas)t has a pretty good place for breakfast and lunch. Avgas at AUN is a little cheaper than LHM, which I think right now is $4.89 self serve.

My long trip... 43 hrs in 8 days. Picked up family in Kerrville with a drop off in Omaha, then on to northern IA (MCW). Dodged some weather and low ceilings along the way. I didn't push it with family on board. An unplanned RON is an adventure. I made the Kerrville-Lincoln return in one (long) day with two gas stops. Couldn't have done that in my old Cherokee!

[ncdmtb]

Approx 100 hrs

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[bonal]

Just added up for the year and only 56 hrs lots of trips under 1 hour. We use our Mooney as a grocery getter cause there are no good stores less than a hour away so hop in the plane 12 minutes over the western mountains or 20 minutes over the eastern mountains get some lunch load up on supplies and back home. It's like flying the airliners from SFO to LAX depart climb descend land. Beats driving an hour and a half for the same destination. But harder to accumulate hours. However the number of takeoffs climbs descents and landings are high just not much time spent in cruise.

[Mooneymite]

Right at 50 hours Mooney time, mostly cross-county, 2-3 hour legs.

Flew my experimental about 25 hours, mostly flights of 20-40 minutes.

Flew for work about 525 hours, but the autopilot logged most of that.

[FoxMike]

Let's see 5001 Hrs. divided by 48 years of flying = 104/yr.

[Bob_Belville]

Let's see 5001 Hrs. divided by 48 years of flying = 104/yr.

I like this. I have 3061 hours but I have to use two divisors. If I use the 45 years since I got my PPL I've averaged 68 hours per year but if I only count the 17 years in 3 stretches that I was actively flying I average 180 hours per year.

[aviatoreb]

Division!  What a great system - as a math professor, let me say I approve of this method.

 

I have 845 hours in 6.5 years -> 130 hrs/year.  Sometimes more sometimes less.

 

I noticed that my yearly hourly average went down slightly when I got my Mooney - why?  Cuz the darn thing is so much faster than my last airplane.  Some of my typical trips just take significantly less time.

[Jerry 5TJ]

168 so far in 2014.

Trips account for most of the hours and local jaunts for the majority of flights.

[garytex]

I commute around the state for work and so I told up two three four hours a week most we can show it winds up being 150 to 200 hours a year. The nice thing about flying that much is you really get a feel for the airplane and where to be on the numbers to make nice landings, and I really like that

[Hector]

Pretty consistent at about 100/year since I purchased the Mooney 3 years ago.

[N9453V]

Around 250-300/yr in my G model and around 50-100 in other airplanes.

 

-Andrew

[ryoder]

50 hours today since purchase in June

[lahso]

90 hours in the Mooney this year. Probably my lowest number in seven years ownership.

[schule]

25 years of GA time averaging 21 hrs/yr in GA. Since starting to fly a Mooney I have averaged 82 hrs/yr. Since owning a Mooney I have averaged 120 hrs/yr. Owning a Mooney is good for the soul.

[jlunseth]

1100 hours in the last 6 years, about 175 a year, but it is highly variable, not a lot this past year.

[Parker_Woodruff]

You guys actually fly a lot. I'm impressed.

I've flown 200 hours in the last 12 months. I'm typically about 150/year with the highest year being about 400 and the lowest about 50.

1550 hours total time and a rated pilot since 2006. I think about 700 hours in Mooneys.

[scottfromiowa]

45-75 since 2000. Thankfully pard does about the same since 1/2ing the plane.

[Mooneymite]

45-75 since 2000. Thankfully pard does about the same since 1/2ing the plane.

 

I suspect there's been a lot less time for flying ever since the "Little Timmy" thread got started on MS!   

[bonal]

Will try to do better

[Av8]

About 125 this year. Bought a J this year and have over 70 hrs so far of mooney time

[Seth]

2014 will be my lowest totals since purchasing a Mooney.  I purchased my F model in 2008 and averaged 150-175 those first three years.  I purchased the Missile in 2011 and since it goes faster, my cross country flights take less time.  So there's less wear and tear on the airframe for distance flown, but my numbers are proportionally down.

 

In the Missile ownership years I have flown between 110 and 140 hours per year.  2014 however, I got married, did not fly across the country solo one last time (2013 - 30+ hours on that trip alone) and may not break 100 hours. 

 

I'll hit 90 hours today for the year during my BFR.

 

-Seth