Hours to solo. Is there an age trend?
 

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

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

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! :D

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

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

Good gosh,

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

DWHLO :(

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

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. :D If you want the whole sad story, see the thread on changing Instructors.

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

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...

hey guys and gals.

14 hours, yesturday at the tender age of 18

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.

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. :D

[ 18 August 2001: Message edited by: Fergal ]

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

12 hours at an age of 17 :D :D

5.5 hours at the age of 19.

Had 8 hours glider time beforehand however.

Determined.

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

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! :eek:

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.

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??
:p

[ 18 August 2001: Message edited by: Blindside ]