Hours to solo. Is there an age trend?

[squitter]

How old were you and how many hours did it take you to go solo. Lets see if there is an age trend here.

[DoWeHaveLiftOff?]

Squitter,

I did my first solo a few months back around the 50 hour mark..........with regards to age, I'm 25 and rolling...

Hope this helps..

DWHLO

[scroggs]

13 hours 25 minutes; 21 years old; RAF Elvington, November 11th 1977. All the birds, and most of the other aircraft, wisely sat that one out!

[Upside]

At the ripe old age of 37 i managed it in 7.9 hours at Andrews field in a C152.

[KYGMSY]

About 17 hours, age 16. 2 years on and still haven't done skill test !!

[DoWeHaveLiftOff?]

Good gosh,

Am I the only one to do the solo after this number of hours??

DWHLO

[Manflex55]

Probably not, but @ least U're honest. I've seen a lot worse than U in FlightSafety, & since this is one of the questions asked in Britannia's application form, I'd B very interested in knowing the stats on this matter. People wouldn't lie on an application form, would they ?

MF

[Whirlybird]

DWHLO,

48.5 hours. Does that make you feel better? And I've been told it's not that unusual, though at the time I thought it must be a world record. If you want the whole sad story, see the thread on changing Instructors.

[Monkey See Monkey Do]

Hi guys,

It took me 8 hours to first solo when I was 18 (+ shaking uncontrollably!)

I am 21 now having got my ppl at 20 with 48 odd hours at Halfpenny Green (now called Wolverhampton Business Airport)

FYI: Apparently average is around 12-14 hours.

Ez

[DoWeHaveLiftOff?]

Thanks guys/gals,

I suppose with me we covered everything from stalling to low speed, etc. What we covered after the solo were navigation, low level flying and other bits'n'bobs. I suppose people with an early solo did not cover these apects of flight or did they? I am looking to complete my PPL around the 80 hours mark? (I know this is unusual).

Please comment further...

[Speedbird1]

hey guys and gals.

14 hours, yesturday at the tender age of 18

[KeithAlexander]

Did my first solo last year at the tender age of 17years and 2 months, under the RAF Flying Scholarship scheme. it took me 10hrs 45 mins to get there.

i then completed my PPL 30 days ago at a total of 52 hours 10 mins, it took me just over a year but that included having to stop for a while to do my a-levels.

[Fergal]

I am 19 years old and have 18 hours done and i'm waiting for my spl to arrive so that i can go solo. I think the amount of hours a student goes solo on depends on the flying school and instructor. I have every lesson completed from 1 to 13 including 17 and my next lesson is navigation.

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[EGPFlyer]

7 1/2 hours for me at 21 in a chirpy little AA5, GBHZO

[Si]

12 hours at an age of 17

[Determined]

5.5 hours at the age of 19.

Had 8 hours glider time beforehand however.

Determined.

[DoWeHaveLiftOff?]

Can anyone please comment on how many hours they had once they finished their PPL, please?

[window-seat]

9.5 hrs @ age 28, with 51 hrs on completion.

Whilst I was training, a young lad (still wet behind the ears) aged just 17, went solo under 7 hrs, and passed his skill test at bang on the 45hrs!

Then his dad had to come and pick him up cos he couldn't even drive a car!

[Tranquillity Base]

13 hours at the age of 25.C-150 N60656 at Scan-Am in Vero Beach,Florida on the 26th January 1989.(Company went bust shortly after).
What a relief it was to get my instructor out of the cockpit. Seems like only yesterday....happy days.

[Blindside]

7 hrs first solo.
23 hrs first solo nav.
45 hrs including skills test.
50 hrs including night rating.

29 yrs old.

That was a JAR course in the States though. That's flying 2-5 hours a day for three weeks for you.

I've got the paperwork, now I learn how to fly.

Is this the only time that a group of (mostly) men stand around comparing who has the smallest??


[ 18 August 2001: Message edited by: Blindside ]