Seeing Moggs post on Charlie Browns 1000th hour on spits, a massive achievement that got me wondering about other dispaly pilot/owners and the type hours they have or had.
Who is the highest houred on:
Hurricanes
Spitfires
The Blenhiem (I am guessing JR)
Harvard : I thought at some point it was gary Numan but possibly not any more.
P51 here in the UK
B17 I think will be Kieth Sissons
Buchon again must be JR
and of course other vintage aircraft such as the Tiger Moth etc
So as we go through the keyhole it is over to you.
Ray and Mark Hanna must of accumulated a vast amount just on MH434
By: T J Johansen - 26th March 2016 at 15:28
Quite impressive, isn’t it. Lacy has the longest standing ownership as an ‘individual’ of a 51 today. Second is George Perez, and Jack Hovey would be third. Ed Maloney is also there as well, but he is not really a private owner as such.
T J
By: J Boyle - 26th March 2016 at 14:19
Lacy has owned his Mustang for 50+ years, that too is probably a record.
By: Couger42 - 26th March 2016 at 13:48
Clay Lacy has flown more than 300 aircraft types, logged more than 50,000 flight hours and accumulated more hours flying turbine aircraft than any other pilot in the world. His hours also include a lot on warbirds P-51. F-86, F7F etc…
By: Beaufighter VI - 26th March 2016 at 10:19
Mikael Carlson – Bleriot XI, Tummelisa.
By: flygg - 26th March 2016 at 09:32
Rob Gauld-Galliers – Nieuport17 🙂
By: trumper - 15th November 2015 at 11:27
Lindsay Walton must be the highest time pilot on the Me108/Nord 1002
Probably the most “shot down” in one as well,poor guy [or whoever was flying it] never stood a chance with the Spitfires and P51s sitting on his tail whilst the smoke poured out of the 108. 🙂
By: Sideslip - 14th November 2015 at 17:56
Lindsay Walton must be the highest time pilot on the Me108/Nord 1002
By: T J Johansen - 14th November 2015 at 17:32
Doesn’t Rob Davies also have a lot of Mustang time?
T J
By: Percypointer - 13th November 2015 at 15:45
Carolyn Grace is close to 1000 Spitfire hrs now too I guess.
By: Percypointer - 13th November 2015 at 15:44
Pete Kynsey must have good log book by now must have top UK hours on Tigercat
I think PK must have an awful lot of hours in numerous types. Nice bloke too.
By: K4235 - 13th November 2015 at 15:36
Two people local to me must qualify they being Tony Bianchi & Carl Schofield
By: Trolly Aux - 13th November 2015 at 13:58
Ah, PT Charlie, yes his overall warbird hour must be climbing fast
By: charliehunt - 13th November 2015 at 13:13
Peter Teichmann will have accumulated a good few hours on his Hangar 11 stable, I would have thought.
By: Black Knight - 13th November 2015 at 12:55
Didn’t Brian Grant have 8000 on Hunters?
By: kieran9278 - 12th November 2015 at 17:44
I’d imagine Brian Smith is pretty close to Keith Skilling with regards to the amount of hours in Corsair’s too.
Cliff Spink must be near to 1,000 hours in Spitfires, what with his BBMF days and numerous flights in the ARCo Spitfire’s.
By: Tempest414 - 12th November 2015 at 17:09
Pete Kynsey must have good log book by now must have top UK hours on Tigercat
By: Couger42 - 12th November 2015 at 14:32
Steve Hinton has over 4000 hours on P-51’s alone…
By: CADman - 12th November 2015 at 14:09
Would think that Steve Hinton has a rather full log book.
By: Pulsar-xp - 12th November 2015 at 12:36
I think Walter Eichorn should be the most experienced pilot on 109´s and Bouchons after the war. He flew the Mercedes Bouchons from the Messerschmit Stiftung for many years. Also he flew several other 109/Bouchons from other owners.
By: Tempest414 - 12th November 2015 at 11:37
Andy Dixon must be a contender for DC-3/C-47 Dizzy shared the Dak flying with Peter
Ray and Mark Hanna had a good number of hours on spits and 109
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