Matthew Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I did my first solo this evening after almost 13hrs.
Congratulations!
After a few touch and go's and practice forced landings he asked me to come
to a full stop and said I'm fed-up of flying with you so I'm going to sit
in the tower for your last
I'll try to keep this short since it is OT but...
I did my first solo this evening after almost 13hrs.
After a few touch and go's and practice forced landings he asked me to come
to a full stop and said I'm fed-up of flying with you so I'm going to sit
in the tower for your last circuit. I
Matthew Law writes:
I'll try to keep this short since it is OT but...
I did my first solo this evening after almost 13hrs.
Wow! Congrats.
After a few touch and go's and practice forced landings he asked me
to come to a full stop and said I'm fed-up of flying with you so
I'm going
Matthew Law writes:
I did my first solo this evening after almost 13hrs.
Congratulations. What are you training in ?
In summary, it went OK. I can't wait for the cross countries, but
I'm sure the inclement UK weather will impede those a little :-(
I much preferred to fly the cross countries
Matt Fienberg wrote:
Please excuse the off-topic post... But I'm too proud to hold back.
Completed my first solo flight as PIC tonight at 13.9 hours.
No problem. It was a nice and sometimes hilarious story. I particularly
like the part of the empty seat next to you. :-)
Good to see FlightGear
Matt Fienberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I dropped off the instructor, taxi-ed back to hold short of taxiway
Bravo, and called Worcester ground (KORH) with a somewhat awkward,
I-forget-what-I'm-supposed-to-say-and-in-what-order call.
Ha ! I think I know what you're talking about
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Subject: [Flightgear-devel] OT: First solo!
Please excuse the off-topic post... But I'm too proud to hold back.
Completed my first solo flight as PIC tonight at 13.9 hours.
Before dropping off
Matt Fienberg writes:
Please excuse the off-topic post... But I'm too proud to hold back.
Completed my first solo flight as PIC tonight at 13.9 hours.
Congratulations!
First landing was pretty uneventful, aside from the pilot giving a
wahoo! that could probably be heard from miles
Geoff Drake writes:
I did my first solo about five years ago and as you have just found out
there is nothing quite like it!!! I too looked over at the empty seat and
grinned.
I'd just like to mention that while first solo was great, the
highlight of the PPL training (for me) was the first
From: Matt Fienberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Winds were [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is not a big deal, but I did fall victim to it
*every* time. (With and without the instructor.) Every turn from
downwind to base ended past the point where I needed to start the turn
to final. Every turn to final
David Megginson wrote:
Matt Fienberg writes:
Please excuse the off-topic post... But I'm too proud to hold back.
Completed my first solo flight as PIC tonight at 13.9 hours.
Congratulations!
Why, thank you (all)!
First landing was pretty uneventful, aside from the pilot giving
David Megginson wrote:
Geoff Drake writes:
I did my first solo about five years ago and as you have just found out
there is nothing quite like it!!! I too looked over at the empty seat and
grinned.
I'd just like to mention that while first solo was great, the
highlight of the PPL
Matt Fienberg writes:
Actually, I do fear the response. I know the language (and am
learning the new lingo...) and still have trouble. My hearing was
easily good enough to pass the medical (can you hear me now?), but
I have a lot of trouble picking out voices from a crowd.
Buy some
Matt Fienberg writes:
Yes, my instructor told me that he'd call the tower to let them
know. I got no indication from the tower that anything was
different though. On the second of three touch and goes, I
couldn't radio in at midfield since there was an ongoing discussion
between tower
David Megginson wrote:
Matt Fienberg writes:
Actually, I do fear the response. I know the language (and am
learning the new lingo...) and still have trouble. My hearing was
easily good enough to pass the medical (can you hear me now?), but
I have a lot of trouble picking out
Alex Perry wrote:
From: Matt Fienberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Winds were [EMAIL PROTECTED] which is not a big deal, but I did fall victim to it
*every* time. (With and without the instructor.) Every turn from
downwind to base ended past the point where I needed to start the turn
to final.
That number will increase rapidly. Did you go through any post-solo
rituals? In the U.S., I know, the instructor often cuts off your
shirt-tail after the first solo. At the Ottawa Flying Club, they
throw a large garbage pail full of ice water on you, even in the
winter (I got two, just
David Megginson wrote:
Matt Fienberg writes:
Yes, my instructor told me that he'd call the tower to let them
know. I got no indication from the tower that anything was
different though. On the second of three touch and goes, I
couldn't radio in at midfield since there was an
Matt Fienberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Please excuse the off-topic post... But I'm too proud to hold back.
Completed my first solo flight as PIC tonight at 13.9 hours.
Congratulations!
par, but I think he may see the benefit in upgrading... Does anybody
know if there's a way to generate an
Matt Fienberg writes:
So it was you that made me late...! ;) Well, it can take several
minutes for the wake to dissipate, so the quick drop in advance
does save you quite a bit of time...
Airliners approach on a very low (2-3 degree) glidepath, while a
152/172 or Cherokee can easily drop
David Megginson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On of my most exciting approaches was literally almost on top of a
737. Tower had me turn straight to the threshold when the 737 was on
short final. I stayed 600 ft AGL to the threshold, arriving almost on
top of the 737, then just did a normal
Please excuse the off-topic post... But I'm too proud to hold back.
Completed my first solo flight as PIC tonight at 13.9 hours.
Before dropping off the instructor at the parking area, I did seven
touch and goes dual. I was supposed to do three, but I needed a little
more confidence in my
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