Tell us the story of your first solo

[lars667]

Hi, fairly new here. Just soloed in a 172P on 6. of October. I actually had the opportunity a week prior to this, but the sun was getting low, and I was tired after 13 circuits, so I decided not to. When the big day came, we did some circuits first before the instructor left the plane and told me to do 3 stop and go's. The weather was perfect: A high pressure system had been lingering over the country for a week or two, no significant winds and plenty of lift. I was anxious on my way to the airfield that day, but everything felt just right when the instructor left the plane, and continued to feel just fantastic all the way thru the first circuit. I kept looking at that empty right seat beside me and out the right window, it was a special experience. I did 3 nice landings (at last that's what I thought, and the instructor too), but didn't really land quite for some days.