To all of the fraternity,
Couldn't post this until now, but did my my first SOLO on Friday Arvo.
The feeling is awesome.
Still can't wipe the smile off my face.
Big thanks to Roger and all the crew at V2 Archerfield
Bladerunner
Solo Man
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Solo Man
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Re: Solo Man
Great work mate!!
Where's the carton though??
Where's the carton though??
- helothere
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Re: Solo Man
Woo! Nice work, you will always remember this moment. Welcome to the team!
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Re: Solo Man
Well done,a big achievement
- papillons
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Perhaps the trickiest part, albeit a pleasant one, of flying without an instructor for the first time is adjusting to the different inflight characteristics of Solo Aerodynamics. The particles of air act in a subtly different and highly complex way (well beyond the scope of understanding of instructors), to produce some perhaps counter-intuitive results: hovers become almost perfectly stable, in flight parameters such as airspeeds, altitudes, approach angles and engine RPMs can be set and maintained with a precision such as to make Swiss Jewellers weep. Airmanship too is enhanced by the nuanced flow of Solo Air Particles, as are cockpit efficiency, DR arithmetic agility and even, in some cases, the Darwinian Reproductive Response in the opposite gender of the species. It's uncanny, really, do you not now agree Blade Runner? Indeed, flying sans instructor it is possible to achieve such stratospherically high standards of piloting that I am seriously considering drafting a proposal for CASA to phase them out of the training syllabus entirely. Think of the cost saving alone!
Blade Runner, I fondly recall giving my first solo a 9.9 out of ten. (I docked myself for failing to conceive a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict whilst airborne). How about you? A 10, perhaps?!
Congrats mate. Now comes the hard bit: the next 10,000 hours or so...
Blade Runner, I fondly recall giving my first solo a 9.9 out of ten. (I docked myself for failing to conceive a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict whilst airborne). How about you? A 10, perhaps?!
Congrats mate. Now comes the hard bit: the next 10,000 hours or so...
¡Librame!
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Hover Nation wrote:Great work mate!!
Where's the carton though??
Derr, really!! don't you know anything!! he's SOLO MAN!!!! He's dribbled it all down his chin and his chest!!!
Well done old mate, It's one moment that will stay with you forever!
"It's wabbit seathon! It' duck seathon! I dare you to shoot me now!"
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Re: Solo Man
Good stuff man!!
Something to be truly proud of, and you will look back on that forever.
Something to be truly proud of, and you will look back on that forever.
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papillons wrote:Perhaps the trickiest part, albeit a pleasant one, of flying without an instructor for the first time is adjusting to the different inflight characteristics of Solo Aerodynamics. The particles of air act in a subtly different and highly complex way (well beyond the scope of understanding of instructors), to produce some perhaps counter-intuitive results: hovers become almost perfectly stable, in flight parameters such as airspeeds, altitudes, approach angles and engine RPMs can be set and maintained with a precision such as to make Swiss Jewellers weep. Airmanship too is enhanced by the nuanced flow of Solo Air Particles, as are cockpit efficiency, DR arithmetic agility and even, in some cases, the Darwinian Reproductive Response in the opposite gender of the species. It's uncanny, really, do you not now agree Blade Runner? Indeed, flying sans instructor it is possible to achieve such stratospherically high standards of piloting that I am seriously considering drafting a proposal for CASA to phase them out of the training syllabus entirely. Think of the cost saving alone!
Papillons,
As you say, in my opinion it was a perfect flight and yes i was told that night by a member of the opposite sex that i was now officially the sexiest man she knows !
papillons wrote:Blade Runner, I fondly recall giving my first solo a 9.9 out of ten. (I docked myself for failing to conceive a solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict whilst airborne). How about you? A 10, perhaps?!
At first i marked myself as an 11 out of 10, however upon reflection, for failing whilst airborne to:-
achieve World Peace,
install a good Federal Government
and make CASA a reasonable organisation to deal with,
I marked it back to a 10
Oh man , it was so awesome
Seriously though, Thanks everybody for the well wishes
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Re: Solo Man
Congrats!
I went solo myself a few weeks back and am looking to my first flight out to the training ground by myself next weekend. It's the best!
Good luck with the rest of your licence.
See you up there!
I went solo myself a few weeks back and am looking to my first flight out to the training ground by myself next weekend. It's the best!
Good luck with the rest of your licence.
See you up there!
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