Totaling Numbers

I've read somewhere that those first few "hundreds" of hours can generate memories, and that sometimes pilots always remember when they got the 100th, 200th, etc. hour. But, I've never specifically computed that information from my logbook. So, today, while my car is getting all new tires at a local Discount Tire, I decided to pull my logbook out of the trunk and do some totaling. Here's what came out:

• 19.8 hours: 10/28/01, Cessna 172, N6353E, PAE, First Solo!
• 62.6 hours: 4/6/02, Cessna 172, N738SE, PAE, Private Certificate Issued!
• 100 hours: 2/21/04, Cessna 172, N738BU, PAE-BLI-PAE. This came during one of my instrument rating cross country training flights.
• 142.9 hours: 5/11/04, Cessna 172, N51380, PAE, Instrument Certificate Issued!
• 200 hours: 5/28/05, Cessna 172, N24529, OAK-OTH, cross country IFR flight. Not much to remember there, except that it was the furthest away I've been from my home base to date.
• 300 hours: 7/29/06, Cessna 172, N863CP, ALW-SUN, trip to Hailey, Idaho.
• 400 hours: uh, not there yet...

6353E was sold to someone in Alaska since I soloed in it. But all other aircraft are still flying out of Paine Field, and they have not changed ownership since I set my milestones in them.

I also thought I got my private license a bit sooner than 63 hours... Oh well, it's not like the skill of pilots is judged on that, anyway. And, all my milestones came in the good old 172. No 182's or the Arrow.

Hmm, I wonder what other things I can dig up by totaling up numbers in the logbook...