First Solo

Aluckyguess wrote:
Have fun.

And you WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Erik" wrote

Yep, wear a cheap shirt. One with a little sentimental
value, though.

Don't be shocked when the plane turns into a rocket. You're going
to shoot up like never before. My CFI was a pretty big guy so the
difference in weight was astounding.

Watch the ground go away beneath you. It's great stuff.

From there, it's all routine. Fly your pattern. Relax. It's
really nothing you haven't done before.

On final, don't let your CFI's absence keep you from hearing the
stuff they normally say. WATCH YOUR AIRSPEED and whatever else
they generally bring up. I planned to take a tape recorder and just
have it repeat that crap to me while I came in but I never got around
to it.

And finally, once back on the ground be sure to congratulate yourself for
being able to take off, fly the pattern, and land all by yourself!

BDS

On 2 May 2007 09:02:51 -0700, wrote:

I am gonna go on my first solo at the end of May. I am a little bit
nervous... Any advice?

Yeah, enjoy yourself!

I was anxious a week before, anxious the day before and anxious at the
exact moment when he stepped out of the aircraft. All that stopped when I
picked up the checklist to restart the engine. The training takes over and
it all becomes pretty automatic.

Being a bit nervous is all part of the normal process.

(Be sure to remember every detail for years of good cocktail party
conversation.)

--
Dallas

Dallas wrote:

(Be sure to remember every detail for years of good cocktail party
conversation.)


Like you can forget.

"Erik" wrote in message
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Dallas wrote:

(Be sure to remember every detail for years of good cocktail party
conversation.)


Like you can forget.


How true! I soloed over 50 years ago and I can still remember everything
about the flight like it was yesterday. Plane was a Piper Colt - 05Z - flew
out of KPOC ( Brackett Field in La Verne, CA) when it had just a Unicom -
CFI was named Boyd Phelps and it was a glorious day. As someone said, we had
been doing some pattern work and as we taxied back to the FBO he had me
stop, jumped out and said - go fly for a while!. My heart rate *still*
speeds up when I think of that. That was many years and many thousand's of
hours PIC time ago.

How true! I soloed over 50 years ago and I can still remember everything
about the flight like it was yesterday.

Interesting. I really don't remember much about my first solo. It
wasn't a big deal. I was ready to solo at something like twelve hours,
but some paperwork still needed to be completed. So, we did post
solo-stuff until the paperwork was done, and at seventeen hours I
soloed. I think I went three times around the pattern; I remember
telling my instructor later that I had come in a little low the second
time, and added power; he said he noticed that and I did the right
thing. Or something like that.

I also remember him telling me to expect better climb performance
without the extra body in the plane.

Jose
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After you make your third (or whatever) landing, don't forget to pick up
your CFI.!!! I was so thrilled when I finished, that I taxied right up to
the ramp (alone) and left the instructor stranded at the approach end of the
runway (some 4000' away) Oh we'll, he was kind of fat anyway, so he needed
the exercise
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I am gonna go on my first solo at the end of May. I am a little bit
nervous... Any advice?

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I am gonna go on my first solo at the end of May. I am a little bit
nervous... Any advice?

Keep the shiny side up!

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I am gonna go on my first solo at the end of May. I am a little bit
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The CFI won't let you go until you are ready.

Just go down the end, say a little prayer, and take off.

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wrote:

I am gonna go on my first solo at the end of May. I am a little bit
nervous... Any advice?

Try to make landings equal take-offs.
Other than that, just have fun.

Tony

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Tony Roberts
PP-ASEL
VFR OTT
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Cessna 172H C-GICE