PPRuNe Forums - View Single Post - Completed my First Solo Today
View Single Post
Old 13th May 2019, 06:06
  #10 (permalink)  
double_barrel
 
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: 5Y
Posts: 597
Received 5 Likes on 3 Posts
Congratulations! Mine was just a few weeks ago.

Originally Posted by MrOrange
I was wondering how other people's experiences were; did you encounter any nerves? Did you feel you did better with another person in the cockpit with you?
My legs were literally shaking as I held it on the brakes waiting for clearance. After that it was fantastic, everything happened by magic! I loved not having someone sitting next to me and felt the learning rate just stepped-up by a factor of 10.

Congratulations on making the decision to go around, even if you might have salvaged a landing, that experience will be valuable. I have had some very ugly landings, but I never abandoned a landing after wheels touched; perhaps I should try and setup a bounce-and-go....?
double_barrel is offline