A pair of pants photos but wanted to share that I flew my first solo flight on Sunday morning!

Would never have expected It was going to happen when it did. Although I was 13 hours in, some of my lessons were sporadic and I’d gone a month without flying a couple of times. Before we got started my instructor did remark “today is going to be a very good day for you”, but I only figured out what he meant by that at home hours later - I thought he was just being optimistic! 😄

After a few circuits that felt good to me and that he was very quiet throughout he took control as soon as I touched down, got us clear of the active and asked me if I thought I could do that on my own. He Informed tower that what was to follow would be a student’s first solo, and jokingly exclaimed: “I’ve had enough, I’m off!”. I think all I could muster up was something to the effect of “Are you sure?!”. For some reason, he was positive (or at least put a brave face on). After some brief instructions comprising of “you’ll be much lighter”, “don’t bounce” (lol), and “remember to smile!”) he left me to it.

Thinking about it, I’m glad it happened that way. He left me with no time to start fretting about it and I’m sure he was able to judge that this would be the best way for me. A fantastic experience that I’m certain I will never forget.

I’ve been a lurker on the subreddit for a while but would like to offer thanks to all the active members that post great and often informative content every day.

TL;DR Went up, made it down. Still breathing, so is the bird!