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Flying again! 10-09-2013 09:04 AM

RV-10s are used for carrying folks
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Strasnuts (Post 814764)
10% solo
40% two
20% three
20% four
10% two and a dog

My numbers are:
23% solo (mainly to when going to pick up folks or after dropping them off),
39% 2
21% 3
17% 4

flyinga 10-09-2013 09:10 AM

About 50/50. Like many of you, my wife is with me for most trips and I'm solo for local flights.

RickWoodall 10-09-2013 09:20 AM

Numbers
 
About 50 percent local and 50 percent cross country. I almost never fly solo. 63 different people, 2 turtles and a dog all in 2.5 years. I figure if I am flying taking up someone and sharing the fun is our duty. Kids, clients, student pilots, friends whatever. Just ask who is around. Lets share this amazing hobby. Cross country's are always with the wife, makes trips much more fun!

Ironflight 10-09-2013 10:10 AM

Let's see....two pilots (me and Louise), three airplanes, most of our friends have airplanes, we live in two different places right now....travel a lot and sometimes meet up from different directions. Nope - no way I could even make a reasonable guess at a numerical percentage. But solo is the predominant way I fly (as does Louise). Unless, of course, you count when the two of us are in formation....

Two realities - I fly almost every day, right out of our back yard, and the RV-3 is a single seat airplane!

Mike S 10-09-2013 10:21 AM

I find it interesting how low the solo %s have been. In all truth I was expecting most of you to report that you flew alone 90% of the time.

I see a trend with the RV 10s also, seems to be higher rate of non solo flights.

Good thread, may help someone decide what to build someday.

Mike S 10-09-2013 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Ironflight (Post 814880)
Let's see....two pilots (me and Louise), three airplanes, most of our friends have airplanes-----------

If only this were ubiquitous

walkman 10-09-2013 11:02 AM

alone?
 
If I'm in formation am I flying alone? :D

90% of the time at least. Thuy doesn't like flying but will go on a trip with me if she has a movie on the iPad and a couple of pre-departure shots :confused:

Which is why I'm starting to think about an -8, now that I've got the -6 just the way I want it :eek:

Nate-ISU 10-09-2013 11:40 AM

~90% local solo and probably only 2-3 flights where I didn't go inverted at least once. I bought the -4 in June so I only have about 35/hrs on her so far but I definitely prefer to fly it alone. I'm still in the honeymoon phase but I feel confident I picked the right plane for me at this point in my life!

humptybump 10-09-2013 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ironflight (Post 814880)
I fly almost every day, right out of our back yard, and the RV-3 is a single seat airplane!

I'm going to hack this quote ...


Quote:

I fly almost every week, right out of my front yard, and the RV-8 is a single seat airplane!
I've often thought I might as well remove the back seat ... I've flow a couple missions where it was imperative.

Bavafa 10-09-2013 12:48 PM

Aside from the phase 1 and the ?return to service? type test flights (after oil change or any tweaking) it is 98.5% with my wife or practicing with a friend for IFR. Also vast majority is cross country flight.


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