CCF Flying Scholarship, Southend Flying Club (Rochford), Tiger Moth GAMSY 31 July 1954; in common with all the other students lucky enough to fly the Tiger, the first and clearest memory is how much better the forward view was without an instructor’s head in the way.
Second clearest memory is of the telephone call I made to my mother immediately after landing:
“Hello Mum, I’ve just been solo”
“That’s nice dear, what does it mean?”
“My Instructor got out of the aeroplane and let me fly by myself”
“If I’d known they were going to make you do that I would never have signed that form!” 
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