First handled controls: Piper Tri-Pacer, KHFD (Hartford, Connecticut, USA), 1963, Age 14
First Solo: Cessna 152/N757WW, KSSI (St. Simons Island, Georgia, USA), 1976, Age 27
(The aircraft in the foreground.)
First Soaring Solo: Grob 103 Twin Astir (Caesar Creek, Ohio, USA) 1985, Age 36
At 71 years of age, my memory isn't what it used to be, but those aircraft and the day I first flew them are emblazoned indelibly in my most precious recollections. A couple of women, too!
- Ed