Stefen's First Solo

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. It's that time -- First Solo. This is when you solo an airplane after going through your initial flight training toward a private pilot license. Stefan has been flying a lot, and as his CFI I've been giving him flight lessons to prepare her for this day. Truly this is a big day in his aviation journey.

Traditionally, the flight instructor (CFI) goes up for a few laps around the traffic pattern to make sure the student pilot is in the good head space. In this case, Stefan and I did a few touch and goes in N2423U. Then, verifying what I already knew, I jumped out of the airplane (on the ground of course) and he went for a rip!

We'd like to do something fun in the comments section - RATE EACH LANDING! Let us know how you think Stefan did with each landing down in the comments.

You could tell he was flying the aircraft well and had control the whole time. Even confidence I would say. And this IS a huge confidence builder, doing this first solo. From here, really, the aviation journey accelerates with all of that energy and confidence. The end of the private pilot training goes very quickly.

Stefan ended up doing 3 takeoffs and 3 landings in our newly upgraded Cessna 172. When Stefan got back, I 'cut his tail feathers'. Lots of people ask about that tradition. In the olden days of aviation and flight training, the CFI sat behind the student in a tandem aircraft. They'd tug on the shirt of the student to convey certain messages, like turn this way, or listen up. By cutting the feathers, it signifies that the CFI no longer needs to give those instructions to the student pilot.

Of course there are still many things that the student pilot needs to learn during flight training, but the first solo is still a huge day in their aviation journey.

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Intro
0:31 Meet Stefan
0:42 CLEAR
0:58 Flying with the Student
1:28 Takeoff
1:54 Rate Each Landing
2:13 First Landing
3:38 Second Landing
4:12 He's On His Own
4:57 First SOLO Takeoff
5:42 First SOLO Landing
6:33 Second SOLO Landing
7:16 Online Ground School
7:38 Third SOLO Landing
8:30 HE DID IT
8:47 Taxiing Back
10:38 Cutting the Tail Feathers
11:23 Final Comments
12:00 End Credits

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