First Solo
The big surprise for my first solo , (in an R22), was the amount I had to move the cyclic left and slightly forward to centre the C of G once my beefy instructor had removed himself! It was a lot more left than I had predicted beforehand! 'HMM,' I thought, 'so-and so does enjoy his roast beef!!'
The other thing was the the increase in background noise once in the circuit because one was alone. Every little squeak and whistle became more apparent.
That was St. Paddy's day 1989 at the sadly long gone Doncaster!
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!