Originally Posted by
Fitter2
When I did my A&B in 1959, the 18 pre-solo launches included 3 simulated cable breaks at various heights, logged at 1 minute each. That tends to push the average down.
The 3 solos added up to 14 minutes, a solo launch gets rather more launch height.
(Average solo flight time in 2017 was 4 hrs 15 or thereabouts, but all in somewhat better performance machines).
Back in '64, I logged just over an hour total time before solo which was about average for a weekend course; if you did a one week continuous course it would be slightly less as you were flying (weather permitting) every day rather than having gaps of a week.