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Jan 24, 2008 23:45:32 GMT -4
Post by ajv on Jan 24, 2008 23:45:32 GMT -4
I flew my first solo this afternoon - Piper Tomahawk flying the Wellington circuit.
Many thanks to my flight instructors.
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Jan 24, 2008 23:48:51 GMT -4
Post by LunarOrbit on Jan 24, 2008 23:48:51 GMT -4
Congratulations! Have your knees stopped shaking yet? That is something I would like to do someday, but I'll probably end up sticking to MS Flight Simulator.
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Jan 25, 2008 15:38:18 GMT -4
Post by Ginnie on Jan 25, 2008 15:38:18 GMT -4
I flew my first solo this afternoon - Piper Tomahawk flying the Wellington circuit. Many thanks to my flight instructors. Congratulations! Must be an incredible natural high, I can just imagine. May I suggest you get a suitable avatar to match your new adventure?
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Jan 26, 2008 0:49:15 GMT -4
Post by JayUtah on Jan 26, 2008 0:49:15 GMT -4
Congratulations! May it be the first of many flights.
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Jan 26, 2008 1:58:04 GMT -4
Post by LunarOrbit on Jan 26, 2008 1:58:04 GMT -4
May it be the first of many flights. And landings.
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Jan 26, 2008 7:31:59 GMT -4
Post by Kiwi on Jan 26, 2008 7:31:59 GMT -4
May it be the first of many flights. And landings. The same number of landings. Congrats Ajv. Pity there's not an airstrip behind my house. Do keep in mind that those things land differently to a lunar module.
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Jan 26, 2008 10:17:29 GMT -4
Post by scooter on Jan 26, 2008 10:17:29 GMT -4
Congratulations...great fun, isn't it!
Many happy flights to you...
Incidently, after racking up about 190 hours in the 70s, I didn't fly again till 2000...and after about 1.8 hours dual time, they handed me the keys...I opted for a couple or few more hours with an instructor just to make sure I still "had it". The only flying I did had been in flight sim, and I credit it for keeping me flying thinking online...
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Jan 31, 2008 15:13:45 GMT -4
Post by ajv on Jan 31, 2008 15:13:45 GMT -4
Thanks everyone. It felt really good although I can't remember thinking much about it at the time. I was too busy going through my usual radio calls and procedures and wondering whether I might be told to hold for a Boeing.
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Jan 31, 2008 16:06:08 GMT -4
Post by BertL on Jan 31, 2008 16:06:08 GMT -4
I've never flown in my life. The closest I ever got to flying was being launched off a teeter-totter in sixth grade.
Nonetheless, congratulations ajv. Knowing you can fly an airplane must be a really nice feeling.
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Ian Pearse
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Apollo (and space) enthusiast
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Feb 7, 2008 9:02:43 GMT -4
Post by Ian Pearse on Feb 7, 2008 9:02:43 GMT -4
Don't forget the old pilots adage: take-offs are optional, landings are mandatory. ;D
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Feb 7, 2008 10:37:28 GMT -4
Post by JayUtah on Feb 7, 2008 10:37:28 GMT -4
My favorite is still "Maintain thine airspeed, lest the Earth reach up and smite thee."
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Feb 8, 2008 1:26:42 GMT -4
Post by Obviousman on Feb 8, 2008 1:26:42 GMT -4
Congratulations! You have gained admittance to the Two Winged Master Race!
I remember my first solo; my instructor had been waiting for a couple of days to do it, but the weather had been poor. Finally he decided it was marginal but on the approved side. I loved it. One circuit, too busy thinking about flying and not stuffing up to actually enjoy it. I didn't mention the brief periods of IFR in the circuit!
Afterwards, one of the favourite things I would do would be to do 'cloud landings'. There were lots of Cu and St around the area I did my training in (Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia), and if I was alone in the training area I would do an approach and "landing" on a cloud. Great fun!
BTW - C152s VH-NAK, VH-NAJ... I thank you!
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Feb 8, 2008 1:38:08 GMT -4
Post by JayUtah on Feb 8, 2008 1:38:08 GMT -4
Thanks from me also to the gentle, forgiving 152s I flew. (And to those luxurious runways at Wendover AFB.)
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Feb 8, 2008 1:39:17 GMT -4
Post by Obviousman on Feb 8, 2008 1:39:17 GMT -4
"I was too busy going through my usual radio calls and procedures and wondering whether I might be told to hold for a Boeing." That also reminds me (okay, this is hangar flying - sit down and enjoy it) of when I took a lady up not long after I first got my licence. We went out to the training area and I did some GF, stalls, etc. She loved it - and I was looking like I was set for the night! (wink! wink!) When I returned, I was told to join for a circuit I had never done before. No probs! Did my stuff, and as I turned onto final, there on my left was a DHC-4 Caribou. They were going for 17L and I was on 17R. The 'Bou is not a large aircraft but it looked large enough to me in the same piece of airspace. We formated for a while but I lost my nerve, pitched up with pwer and called "Going around". The tower acknowledged then came a call of "Chicken!" from the ether. I still maintain - to this day - it was a call good discretionary call. Prove me wrong!
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