Eventually landed

[Guest MattB]

Hi all,

 

Long time lurker, first time poster.

 

Never thought I had anything relevant to add to the forums until today.

 

Just experienced my first solo earlier today out at Lilydale in Jab 4929

 

Been taking sporadic lessons since October last year, and after 12 hours my instructor gave me the nod. At first, thought he was joking, and nearly declined the offer, but soon realised he was the serious type and quickly found myself back in the Jab with no one in the right hand seat. Funny how everything falls into place. The stress levels that I had dreamt about disappeared and managed to carry out an uneventful full stop landing on rwy 18L.

 

Dont think I could have done it without the information supplied in this forum (early on, my landings stunk), particularly DarkSarcasm's blog, whick i've read over and over.

 

Cheers for now, and hope to one day post something relevant to help out another rec pilot,

 

Matt B

 

 

[Neil_S]

Hey Matt,

 

Just wanted to add my congratulations too! :thumb_up: That first solo is magic. As the bumper stickers say - It gets you High!

 

Good luck with the rest of the training and theory stuff!

 

Cheers

 

Neil

 

 

[Guest Decca]

Gooday Matt, & welcome aboard.

 

Congratulations on going solo, and enjoy your future recreational flying as your flying hours increase from here.

 

Regards, Decca.

 

 

[DAVID SEE]

Hi MATT

 

Congratulations mate, that's the flight you'll remember for the rest of your life. Good on you and welcome to the world of recreational flying:score 010:

 

Cheers DAVO>

 

 

[Tomo]

Congratulations Mate! Awesome work :thumb_up:

 

I know it could be hard to believe, but it honestly gets even better from here. :big_grin: :thumb_up:

 

Welcome along also, great to have you.

 

 

[Guest MattB]

Thanks to all for the warm welcomes.

 

Just completed a few more solo circuits today. We had a fluttering crosswind today which I havent had much experience with, but seemd to subside when I needed it to. Also had the pleasure of sharing the circuit with another student pilot who flew his first solo today, so that was pretty cool to swap war stories afterwards.

 

Now that I've reached this milestone, guess I''d better knucle down and hit the books.

 

MattB