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Old 17th Mar 2009, 07:56
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Grueber
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
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1. First Solo
2. First Solo Nav
3. QXC
4. GST
5. First international flight
6. First flight in another country (i.e. not flying from home base to abroad)
7. Managing to scare yourself sh*tless
Due to money shortage when reaching 1 (approx. 10 hrs) and spare time shortage after reaching 1, unfortunatley I did not make it to stage 2 and beyond. Except for 7...

Flying an Ultralight, I believe on second or third solo, I caught a nasty crosswind seconds before touch down, which made the aircraft roll rather hefty. Wingtip had roughly 40-50cms ground clearance, but I did manage to get the plane down safely.

T-shirt was soaking wet, pretty scary event if you have no experience. But looking back it was fun.

Hopefully I will find the time to start flying again, but probably on a glider rather than on an ultralight.
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