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  • Date: 2021-08-02
  • Time: 08:00
  • Expense: $457.09
    • Ground Instruction: $28.00
      • Rate: $56.00
      • Time: 0.5
    • Flight Instruction: $84.00
      • Rate: $56.00
      • Time: 1.5
    • Plane Rental: $317.40
      • Rate: $138.00
      • Time: 2.3
    • Tax: $27.69
  • Aircraft:
    • Category: Airplane
    • Classification: Single Engine Land
    • Make: Piper
    • Model: Cherokee Warrior II (PA-28-161)
    • Serial: 28-8016338
    • Identification: N8222F
    • Hobbs:
      • Start: 6130.2
      • Stop: 6132.5
    • Tach:
      • Start: 2278.9
      • Stop: 2280.7
  • Points of Departure and Arrival:
    • From: KJEF
    • To: KJEF
  • Weather:
    • Official:
      • METAR: 
         KJEF 021253Z 00000KT 4SM HZ CLR 21/17 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP196 T02110172
 KJEF 021353Z 00000KT 5SM HZ CLR 22/17 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP198 T02220172
 KJEF 021453Z 16003KT 6SM HZ CLR 25/17 A3015 RMK AO2 SLP194 T02500172 50002
  • Covered:
    • Normal Landings / 1st Solo

Lesson Review

FIRST SOLO!
FINALLY! It has been a long time coming, and the day is finally here! I'll get right into it.

Landing

After my CFI looped around the traffic pattern about 13 times (pretty uneventful), he asked if I was ready to go solo...and of course I said yes!

After a quick stop to empty the left seat, I called for clearance and headed back toward the taxiway. My CFI was standing by with his radio in hand, just in case I needed some guidance. Thankfully, there were only two times he needed to chime in for: 1) to warn the the controllers that this was a Student Solo and 2) to compliment a couple of my landings!

I shot 5 landings by myself, 3 full-stop taxi back landings and 1 Touch-and-Go before going full-stop to the ramp.

Last Thoughts

If we really look at things, save for a slight weight reduction, there isn't any real difference between your first solo pattern and the dual pattern right before it. On paper, that's absolutely accurate - and until today, my analytical brain would have supported that statement. Post-solo, I'm going to tell you that whatever is written on the afore mentioned paper is utter nonsense.

Honestly, I wasn't all that nervous about my solo. I usually am anxious about things in general...but this wasn't one of them for some reason. Right about the time I lined up for final on my first circuit there was a moment where that changed a bit.
I realized that the safety net that I had grown accustomed to wasn't in the seat next to me. As good as my CFI is at his job, there was absolutely nothing he could do if I messed this up...I was alone.

I think the firm clicking noise that the flap lever makes must have kicked those doubts from my mind, because I set my last notch of flaps and landed the plane - all by myself.

Man, that was stinking awesome! I went around a few more times, with the smile on my face growing wider with each circuit. One of my favorites was when my CFI complimented a couple of my landings over the Tower frequency. It's one thing to have your CFI compliment you in the cockpit - but it's different when it happens on a public frequency were everyone can hear it.

I have a video to show you.
Once I get it edited, I'll toss a link on here.Unfortunately, the audio port I had the GoPro plugged into wasn't turned up (not pleased about that one), so I don't have any proof that my CFI was nice to me. You'll just have to take my word for it.

Here is a link to the video!

After I got back to the ramp and shut things down, my CFI walked out to the plane, shook my hand, congratulated me, took a photo and then we headed to the newly built on-airport restaurant to celebrate with a bit of lunch. IMG

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