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Old 13th August 2010 | 20:36
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Hannah,

Yes, you can do it. I nearly did, though poor weather in March delayed me a little. I offer the mentoring caution though that going solo is something for which you must be not only skills ready, but mentally ready too. Come the day of your birthday, make sure that you're in the right, relaxed, frame of mind, and you're not pressuring yourself.

It was the practice when I learned to fly that students have no influence over when they go solo, and indeed would not be told until suddenly they noticed the instructor getting out on the taxiway. It was this lack of expecttion of going solo, on a really yucky late winter day that caused me to ask for the new plane on the line. I figured He'd never send me solo that day, so I may as well see if I could fly something brand new.

I got the plane, and ended up flying my first solo on a brand new C-152, with 33 hours total time since new. It was also the first 152 to be imported into Canada. My instructor was apparently told off by the Chief Flying Instructor.

Enjoy the flying fratenity Hannah, there are lots of wonderful people...
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