I first soloed in a K13 with the University gliding club back in 1983, but had to wait a good few years before I had the money to the do the power version so it was a freezing cold January in 1990 when I did my first power solo in a Beagle Pup, what a lovely aircraft that was ! After completing my PPL I went straight onto learning aeros and converted to taildraggers and so the following year I did my first solo in a Pitts special, not strictly a "first" in the true sense but without doubt the most terrifying of the "solo's" and for the first 20 or so landings I wasn't totally sure who was in control me or the plane. However like most who have flown them as the years rolled by I learned to love that little plane.