50 hours and not solo
These type of situations occur from time to time.
In the late 1960's at Bankstown there was a student ( of an elder age ) that took close to 90 hours of instruction before his first solo.
Various clubs and schools on the Aerodrome tried to train him or convince him to not continue his dream. He used to say that he did not care how long it took, he wanted to get to the standard of a first solo and he did and completed three or four solos before he gave it away.
Not everbody wants to go solo, so that they can become an airline pilot.
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