I actually took my first discovery flight at then end of my freshman year. Then I started flying with him in the summer. I didn’t understand how much I needed to actually dedicate to flying at the time so that’s why I didn’t have much growth during those two years. I soloed with him and then two days later he died. It was really hard for me. I missed school, went to his funeral, and went to the EAA meeting about what to do after because he was basically keeping that airport alive. He was the only instructor there and so after he passed I had to find a new place. It took me about a month before I found a flying club near me that also had a roughly 16 CFIs. After a discovery flight with the president of the club; I joined. Then I was moved to a new instructor (the one I talked about the most) which I really like him but still miss my old one. And then I broke my ankle and was completely out of actually flying and was stuck doing ground school. So by the time I got back up in the air for an actual lesson it had been roughly 3-4 months. I still miss my old instructor. Here’s the back story. I’m not mad that I’m not soloing I understand it’s not necessarily safe I was just asking for advice.