First solo - prior warning
Joined: Nov 2001
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From: England
Sounds ike my first solo was cloer to the norm - unexpected.
I been bumbling around the circuit for a while, reasonable landings (I thought) but no prize winners and on one of the later ones I felt the instructors foot on the rudder just to straighten us up a little. A couple later he said "Do you reckon you could manage just one without my help?
"I'll try" said I, a little nonplussed, thinking about the assistance a few landings ago and that he must have been making inputs unnoticed by me on the last landings.
"OK" he said, "drop me off here, see you in the bar"!
I was flabbergasted, but 10 mins later landed with a feeling of elation that just would not go away!
I been bumbling around the circuit for a while, reasonable landings (I thought) but no prize winners and on one of the later ones I felt the instructors foot on the rudder just to straighten us up a little. A couple later he said "Do you reckon you could manage just one without my help?
"I'll try" said I, a little nonplussed, thinking about the assistance a few landings ago and that he must have been making inputs unnoticed by me on the last landings.
"OK" he said, "drop me off here, see you in the bar"!
I was flabbergasted, but 10 mins later landed with a feeling of elation that just would not go away!
Joined: Sep 2003
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From: South Norfolk, England
Same as many in that they were pretty much all unexpected ... except of course the first single seater, as that is self imposed 
Funny thing is, in all cases (single seater aside) I didn't feel ready
They all went well, so I guess it shows that our instructors do know more about our abilities than we do ourselves. Hmmm, is that a good thing???
SS
Funny thing is, in all cases (single seater aside) I didn't feel ready
They all went well, so I guess it shows that our instructors do know more about our abilities than we do ourselves. Hmmm, is that a good thing???SS
Joined: Dec 1999
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From: Oop North, UK
I think one posting that might have lead to this thread was the "CaptainKarl" one, looking at his latest I see that he actually went solo on his 16th birthday so I can see in these circumstances him having been told some time ago that if he had been old enough he would have gone solo and then that he would solo on his 16th Birthday - well done CK.
