Thursday, June 14. 2007
Not yet written...
I haven't yet "officially" started this training, as right now, it's all about acquiring the minimum experience required, which includes:
| At least 250 hours of flight time as a pilot | Need 87 more |
| 100 hours in powered aircraft, of which 50 hours must be in airplanes. | Complete! |
| 100 hours of pilot-in-command flight time | Complete! |
| 50 Hours ASE or AME PIC | Complete! |
| 50 Hours Cross Country (10 hours ASE or AME) PIC | Complete! |
| 10 Hours Instrument Training (5 in ASE) | Complete! |
| 10 Hours COMPLEX Aircraft Training | (Not Started) |
| One Cross Country > 2 Hours Day VFR > 100 nm straight-line distance | Complete! |
| One Cross Country > 2 Hours Night VFR > 100 nm | Incomplete. |
| One SOLO Cross Country > 300 nm total, landings at 3 different points, one leg > 250nm | Incomplete. |
| 5 hours Night VFR, with 10 Takeoffs/Landings at an airport with an operating tower | Complete! |
So, as you can tell, asside from just the total hours, the main things to accomplish are:
10 Hours in COMPLEX Aircraft (this would also yield the Complex ASEL Endorsement)
A Night VFR Flight of 2 hours and 100 nm away from the point of departure (shouldn't be too difficult.)
One LOOOONG SOLO Cross Country (I've ALMOST completed that several times!
But that last long-haul solo I took was only 208 nm distance to the longest
leg.) The one time I did fly that long of a leg, was TKI-HRO-MLC-TKI
(TKI-HRO=250.8nm!), but it wasn't SOLO since I had my kids with me. 
