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December 19th, 2006, 20:19
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: South of the Border
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|  first solo.... ok, lets try this again, last time i posted it the database crashed and i can't find it now this is from sunday: well today i didnt' plan to solo him because the wind was a little strong, but it was still good landing practice, really similar to conditions we had yesterday. yesterday his landings were fair at best, he would not have solo'd yesterday. today like i said i was expecting about the same especially after yesterdays flight. well we go up and do a few landings on runway 26 since the wind was from 290 @12 gusting to 20, they were great, i was thought to myself if he keeps this up he could solo today BUT the wind is too much. well the wind switches to 320 and almost completely dies to 7. Tower tells him to switch runways, he handled that great, didn't ask me like he normally would, gives me another 2 great landings over there and i tell tower we will be full stop. we taxi back in, i say "you ready" he says "yeah i think so"....he was ready, give him the 2 final endorsements he needed in the plane and i hop out, tell him to "give me 3 and come back in" well he does 3 and then goes for a 4th! i was like OK, fine he is having a good time, when he went for the 5th, i frantically searched for the number for the tower cab to put the brakes on him. tower tells him to land that time and bring it in. Tower congradulated him (he was so nervous on the radios, he wasn't when i was with him though) and then told him they stopped him because i asked them too. when he got back i congradulated him and i could tell he didn't want to quit, i didn't either on my first solo.
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December 21st, 2006, 11:36
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Western Chi-Town Burb's
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| Re: first solo....  great story. I can only imagine the feeling |
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December 21st, 2006, 15:27
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December 21st, 2006, 16:28
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| Old Skool  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Virginia is for Lovers, yacht chasing on the weekends
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| Re: first solo.... Congrats man, I remember mine well. I was so proud when he gave me 3 greasers on a 2200'x45' runway.
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December 21st, 2006, 19:08
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December 21st, 2006, 19:10
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December 22nd, 2006, 05:05
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I still have my old shirt tail, and I think it is a great tradition. My biggest fear, however, is when I make CFI and have to do some decent artwork on the first shirt tail!! I can't draw worth a s*** !! | |
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December 22nd, 2006, 10:45
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December 24th, 2006, 19:05
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: MSP/CLE
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| Re: first solo.... Quote:
Congrats! It sure is an awesome feeling to see them do that! Say, UND and Grand Forks Tower encourages us to go up in the tower to "supervise" student pilot initial solos. I'd have to say that it was fun doing that for my students, but the tower guys sure like to mess with the instructors while they're up there, haha! Is that an option for you guys too I’m assuming? (I realize that it’s a little farther walk from Flight Support to the tower cab). It's really a nice view from up there to witness it. | |
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December 30th, 2006, 00:25
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December 30th, 2006, 00:27
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| Old Skool  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: KIDP/KCNU
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| Re: first solo.... Very cool man, I hope to do my first solo sign off on Tuesday. We will see how it goes.
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January 1st, 2007, 00:36
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| Re: first solo.... Good luck on your first solo sign off
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January 2nd, 2007, 21:21
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