pulse1, that reminds me of my first solo in the Vampire FB5. Eleven days after two solo and four dual trips in the T11, it was time for the FB5. After getting strapped in a couple of ground engineers took hold of the tail and lowered it to the ground. That was the maximum nose up before it scrapes the runway, they told me! Then it was light the engine and off on my first most enjoyable FB5 solo in WA227 on November 27th 1956.