Hi everyone, I did my first solo today, in a C150.
Judging the fact Im here writing this thread,,, I landed ok.
Jake:D
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Hi everyone, I did my first solo today, in a C150.
Judging the fact Im here writing this thread,,, I landed ok.
Jake:D
Congratulations! That moment will be with you for the rest of your life.
Thankyou.
Yeah, it was amazing.
Loved every minute.:D
Jake
Congrats! We're talking real, right? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Jake 747 400
Yeah.
Thankyou.
The instructor said to me, "do you wanna go solo" so I said yeah.
He sed good, and my heart rate was in the sky before I was.
But when I throttled up I was ok, fantastic.
Thanks again.
Jake
Hey buddy, well done on the first solo, amazing feeling I can imagine, should be doing mine weather permitting in a few months :)
Well done!
What is the rental rate of a C150? It has been almost 20 years since I rented one.
Congrats! Must be a magical moment.
Hi everyone.
Thanks Phil, good luck with your solo, yeah even though I dont have my licence yet, when you look to the right and see there an empty seat next you and your the only person in the plane, you think to your self, Im a pilot.
You will love it.
Thanks goldmember, yeah its fantastic.
To Grant.D where I fly its around £90-100/hour if you have a licence.
Thanks guys.
Jake
Where you flying from Jake, Leeds/bradford?
Sandtoft near Doncaster, i think its EGCF
Im going to go to Leeds/Bradford for the CPL with Multiflight.
But yeah Sandtoft nice little airfield. The runway is about 820m long I think.
rnw 23 and 05.
Jake
Congrats! That's a great moment. Did my first solo in a C-152. I remember being stunned by the boost in climb being alone.
Thankyou.
Yeah I noticed that too.
In the circuit normal with the power set at 2300 rpm trimmed I fly level a
1000ft, when the instructor got out with the same settings, I found my self at 1400ft.
Jake
Congratulations mate, that was a big moment for me to, I remember it well but I also remember getting my licence turned out to be a bit of an anti-climax. Taking friends up who didn't want to be thrown around pulling G etc. All the fun tured into flat stable flights trying to keep everyone happy so I went back for aerobatic lessons to lift the fun level again! I gave up on the C150 and switched to C172 soon after which is more powerful and definately more comfortable, try one out!!! (More pax to share the costs too!)
Gwyn
Thanks very much.
Yeah Id like to fly a 172, I got chance to fly to Ireland with the club in a PA 28 and I really loved flying it, stopped off at Caernafon and then on to Dublin.
I bet the aerobatic flying is amazing.
Thanks again.
Jake
Congratulations! That is a day you will never forget.
Did they cut off your shirt and write the tail number on it?
They used to do that at some schools in the States like my school, but that was years ago. I don't know if it's still the custom.
Thankyou.
Haha no, but thats sounds cool.
Your right I cant stop thinking about it.
Thanks again.
Jake
Cool my first SOLO was also on a C-150!! It is a feeling of full freedom!!!
Congratulations man!! Keep it up!!
Regards.
Roberto
Hei.
Congratulation with your Solo. It is a very important day as you will remember.
Had my Solo from Vero Beach VBA, more than 20 years ago.
Flew in a C172 and I forgot the increase in climb rate without the instructor, ended far to high on left dw, found a way out of the mess – how I don’t dare to tell!
Got my license later and you will get yours – that’s for sure.
Nils
One of the best moment of your life..trust us...it's true
On mine,(long long ago) as I was on final for that one circuit affair, I saw an airplane popping out of nowhere, just in front of me 200 feet below, totally oblivious to me, and silent on the radio.
Go- around, and my one circuit stunt was a two circuit one.!
Exhilarating anyway!!!
My treatment on landing was a cold water bucket !! Canadian tradition!
You just joined the immense fraternity of people who are always reluctant to throttle back to earth.
Cheers Pal.
Jack
I had a similar surprise on my first solo that I'd never had to do during training.
On the downwind about about abeam the numbers the tower had me turn right 360° for spacing. Seems there was this hotshot Learjet approaching me from behind. KCPS tower wanted me out of his way because he couldn't slow to my speed and still fly.
I still remember that like it was yesterday.
Hi.
Thanks to everyone who replied.
Yeah it was amazing, I still cant stop thinking about it.
Thanks again to all.
Jake