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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 5:45 am
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Originally Posted by CaliforniasCentralCoast
For those of us who are or were pilots, I think everyone remembers their first solo flight. For me it was at LGB in 1975. Aircraft was a Cessna 150.
Indeed. You remember it more than getting your licence. For me it was once round the block at Stapleford in a C152. Actually it made me recall coming home in the car from passing my driving test on my own for the first time as well, many years before.

Such a corny start.

Instructor : "Um...I've messed up my schedule. Er....do you mind doing today's training with X [more senior] instead".

So off we went once round the circuit. And stopped on the taxiway.

X : "Well do you think you could do it on your own before long ?"

"I think so"

X : "OK then" (produces solo form signed by both instructors) "off you go". And just gets out.
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