Originally Posted by
pilotmike
Congratulations! What an epic achievement!
And how refreshing to see such a solo venture being done... well... solo! All done without an instructor or Commercial pilot discretely tucked away out of camera shot in a 2nd seat to take up the slack and do all the tricky bits, to then be 'Spirited' away out of sight to avoid any inconvenient questions and speculation about the claimed achievement.
LAA, are you watching? This is how it should be done, and it is highly deserving of a medal. Sam should have no issues with this one.
Yes and Yes to that. One cannot but help recall a rather unsavory episode of mistaken accomplishment (involving the definition of the word; Solo, a couple of years ago)
I too hope the LAA and indeed, the HCAP celebrates this genuine achievement by this most excellent Aviator.