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I flew my first Solo today!
- Thread starter badger16
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October 12, 2004, Piper Archer N960WC, Toelle, Utah...pretty routine. Just 3 typical student pilot (read: not so good) t&o's. Awesome experience. Congratulations, man.
hey congrats! where'd you do it? are you in IFS?
my instructor lied to me the day of my solo. told me i wasn't going to do it 'til the next day. then after the check ride, he hopped out of the plane and said, "you got your ID with you?"
after my first landing, he was on the radio and the conversation went something like:
instructor: alright. you have two more landings. taxi back.
me: roger that. on my way. (turning the airplane around)
instructor: hey. where are you? taxi back.
me: on my way.
instructor: can you hear me? hey. are you there?
me: yeah. i'm here! can you hear me??
it was about then that i realized i was just talking through my headphones and not pressing down the comms button. whoops. i admitted it to him 3 months after completing IFS.
my instructor lied to me the day of my solo. told me i wasn't going to do it 'til the next day. then after the check ride, he hopped out of the plane and said, "you got your ID with you?"
after my first landing, he was on the radio and the conversation went something like:
instructor: alright. you have two more landings. taxi back.
me: roger that. on my way. (turning the airplane around)
instructor: hey. where are you? taxi back.
me: on my way.
instructor: can you hear me? hey. are you there?
me: yeah. i'm here! can you hear me??
it was about then that i realized i was just talking through my headphones and not pressing down the comms button. whoops. i admitted it to him 3 months after completing IFS.
GroundPounder
Well-Known Member
The thing that sticks out about my first solo was how " powerful " the 150 seemed with only one person in it. The rate of climb seemed about doubled. A good memory.
My first solo long XC sticks out due to the fact that I was flying directly into a head wind along I-70 and watching the cars travelling much faster than I was.
Congratulations.
My first solo long XC sticks out due to the fact that I was flying directly into a head wind along I-70 and watching the cars travelling much faster than I was.
Congratulations.
D_Rob
Lead LTJG
I had Aaron for my first solo at sky warrior. It was funny cause neither of us had a pen on us so he had to run in to grab a pen to put the endorsement on my license.
A better story is on my solo cross country I did a touch and go (officially a stop and go) at evergreen with a couple t-34s in the pattern (I loved that they had to wait for me to land and get out of there). As I was on climb out I started to smell smoke and got terrified that I had an engine fire. I was just about to turn off the engine and turn back to the rwy until I realize they were freaking burning brush right below me. Damn rednecks. That raised my heart rate just a little.
A better story is on my solo cross country I did a touch and go (officially a stop and go) at evergreen with a couple t-34s in the pattern (I loved that they had to wait for me to land and get out of there). As I was on climb out I started to smell smoke and got terrified that I had an engine fire. I was just about to turn off the engine and turn back to the rwy until I realize they were freaking burning brush right below me. Damn rednecks. That raised my heart rate just a little.
Hah....I guess I'm not the only one who had an eventful 1st solo x-country. Flew a round robin flight around homefield, went directly through a snow shower outbound, and on my 3rd leg inbound lost the alternator, and eventually lost battery power. Took the light signals into a landing at my class D airport (Eugene, OR). This was like Oct/Nov of 2001 if I remember right....
phrogpilot73
Well-Known Member
My first solo was in the T-34C, I had no prior flight time and this was before the days of IFS. I really didn't realize I was soloing until I started my clearing turns after take off and glanced the empty cockpit behind me in the rear view mirror. "Holy Crap, I'm SOLOING!"