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Old 4th Oct 2016, 16:35
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Sam Rutherford
 
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First solo? Aged 16 in a winch launched glider. Had a cable break at 400ft...

I'd been briefed: "under 300' land straight ahead, over 700ft complete a shorter than usual circuit."

Hm...

Decided to do a really short and really low circuit and it was fine. My instructor was having kittens apparently and with reason.

My first solo took less than 2 minutes!
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