Matt,
Had you been expecting your first solo for some time?
My experience was the oposite to yours - I enjoyed my QXC, but it was the first solo that blew me away. I wasn't expecting it at all - doing circuits, instructor said to make the next one a full stop, then he took control as I was taxying back, and turned back towards the runway threshold as he told me that he was going to get out
I know that you are not alone in finding the first solo to be not quite as much of a climax as you'd expected, and I've often wondered if the "surprise" element, or lack of it, might be a factor?
FFF
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