Jun
06
2009

One hundred flight hours

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Pilot training by João Couto Resendes

It was on May 19th, aboard CS-DIB (C152), flying solo from Portimao (LPPM) back to Cascais (LPCS), on the last VFR Navigation of the course, that I reached my first hundred hours at the controls of an aeroplane.

I thought about carrying a bottle of champagne and a party hat to celebrate, but that would have been stupid… Instead, upon reaching Cascais, I made a couple of touch and go’s to complete the required 39 hours of solo VFR navigation time and also to improve my landing skills with strong winds (Gusts were up to 27 knots) and that was it. 900 hours left for the first thousand! ;)

Thanks for reading.

4 Responses to “One hundred flight hours”

  1. H. Blayer
    June 6th, 2009 at 22:14

    Parabéns e boa sorte para as próximas 900 :)
    E para todas as seguintes, claro :)

  2. Rui Sousa, Madeira Spotters
    June 8th, 2009 at 17:00

    Parabéns!
    As próximas 900 serão mais fáceis de certeza! ;)

  3. João Reis
    June 14th, 2009 at 1:27

    Parabéns. Continuação de boa sorte para a etape seguinte.
    Abraço

  4. Miguel Martins
    August 11th, 2009 at 11:34

    Parabéns! As 100 hrs têm um simbolismo especial para os pilotos.
    Por curiosidade fui verificar em que avião fiz as minhas 100 horas, e constatei que foi no mesmo que tu, no dia 21 de Setembro de 2006, num voo de instrumentos.
    A partir das mil , o relógio parece que pára, aquela “mística” das horas desparece (excepto quando se concorre à TAP).
    Boa sorte para o resto do curso!

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