SOLO!!!!!!

[Ryan]

Yeap so I've logged my first 0.8 PIC!
It has taken ALOT longer than I've thought/wanted but it has come. I had somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 hours this due to the fact that i was averaging 3 lessons/month.

When we started we did 10 dual turns in the pattern, no-flap, p/off, X wind .etc then we taxi back to the ramp he gets out says gimme 3 touch and goes with taxi back and I'll meet you right back here. I taxi out and take off (amazing how much one person can affect the performance!!) did my touch and goes and landed.

Well that was about it, hard work pays off!
Ryan

 

[Malko]

Rock On !! I can remember my 1st solo and you are right, the plane seems to leap right off the RW. Congratulations and keep the Shiny side Up.


- Jim

 

[chris6387]

Cool! I soloed earlier this summer and it was the same way, "drop me off at the fence and I want you to do 3 t/o's and landings." No sweat, huh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Ryan]

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No sweat, huh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Plenty of sweat, it was about 85 degrees and 1000% humidity /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buck.gif

 

[PIEDMONT]

Way to go Ryan!!!Your first solo will always be a memorable experience.

 

[chris6387]

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Plenty of sweat, it was about 85 degrees and 1000% humidity

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LOL, I hear ya. Nothing like sitting in a steaming hot, cramped cessna. Eek!

 

[VaughnAir]

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No sweat, huh? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

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Plenty of sweat, it was about 85 degrees and 1000% humidity /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/buck.gif

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Did they cut the back of your shirt off?

 

[kellwolf]

Congrats! No feeling like it in the world.

 

[Ryan]

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Did they cut the back of your shirt off?

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Nope /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif my instructor said as we were walking back to our cars "we'll have to cut your shirt" and when we got back to the school I guess he forgot b/c he was taking another student up. Yeah it stinks because I woulda liked to have something to remember the occasion by, oh well.

 

[ready2fly]

Outstanding!

 

[Windchill]

Congrats on completing a milestone in your aviation venture!

Be safe!

 

[CaptainChris87]

Congrats man, im almost on my solo as well....adn I turn 17 this fall. Good Luck with your PPL..

 

[OCflyguy88]

Congrats!!!! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Hopefully I'll be in the position to solo in a few months.

 

[Silverhawk]

Congrat's... What an awesome feeling isn't it !!!

 

[VaughnAir]

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Did they cut the back of your shirt off?

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Nope /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif my instructor said as we were walking back to our cars "we'll have to cut your shirt" and when we got back to the school I guess he forgot b/c he was taking another student up. Yeah it stinks because I woulda liked to have something to remember the occasion by, oh well.

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That's okay! I remember my first attempt at a solo. Did three take offs and landings with my instructor. Then three more with a different instructor. By the time I dropped him off, the winds had changed. I got confused taxiing out, and crossed the active runway. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif Needless to say, you couldn't pry my shirt off after that.