Picked up my S-7LS in mid December. Have put about 70 hours on it. April and May have not been easy with the winds here. Normally twice a week and some trips. Work does get in the way.

My engine has been about a 1/4 torn down since my annual in April 2010 I started training in my Skylane in 2006. Probably flew on average 2-3 times a week or more while I was home off the road from work.

Now I'm just a yahoo bench flyer irritating a few of you (or more)

I think I was the high user last year out of our little group of 6 or so and I had 16 hrs for the year. It's hard to build any time when most of my trips are 15 min from take off to landing. Oh well, just sitting still while the plane flies through the air doesn't do much for a guys skills. I do lot's of cycles but not much time. Our gas is somewhere north of 6 bucks and my plane uses 9 on the cheap and up to 12 if I push it hard.

At work I get 20-30 a month and only get to fly my plane once a month for usually an hour or two. I'd fly my plane more but my hangar is 45 minutes away which means I can only get to it on weekends. I'd say time is the limiting factor for me. I'll lose a weekend to work every month, one to shooting at the range, and one doing whatever the Mrs has in mind.

I live for the long weekends where I can fly a cross country and log around 10 hours.

2-3 hours per week, weather permitting. It's been a God awful spring around here!

I think it's around 700 hours a year these days.
About 500-600 working and 100-200 playing.
Don't need anywhere to go necessarily, still enjoy just cruising occasionally.

not enough for sure, probably about 100 + per year...mostly between east idaho and mccall, and the fun stuff inbetween...the big 540 really isnt any harder on fuel than the old 470, and more capabilities if u gotta get off quick...not all that fast, even up high. i do a lot of short flights here locally as well...good camping and load-hauling bird...

tracking for about 700 this year, time in my own plane maybe a hour a month

If I could afford it, I would give up my job and fly for a living...

That being said, 55+ hours in 33A since March 1st is where I am at right now. I suppose that's not too bad considering I got my PPL on 10/30/10...

907Pilot wrote:If I could afford it, I would give up my job and fly for a living...

That being said, 55+ hours in 33A since March 1st is where I am at right now. I suppose that's not too bad considering I got my PPL on 10/30/10...

That's pretty good, I've only got about 60 hours in my 170 since I bought it last October. With the good weather out in California I think I'll get to fly a lot more often though.