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Post by woodinhead on Mar 4, 2009 20:03:50 GMT 12
I just did my first solo aircraft is a RANs S6 Coyote ll ;D
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Post by yak2 on Mar 4, 2009 20:11:50 GMT 12
Congratulations WH. An achievement to be proud of and one you will always treasure.  |
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Post by haughtney1 on Mar 4, 2009 20:14:37 GMT 12
Congrat WH, top stuff.
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Post by baz62 on Mar 4, 2009 20:40:35 GMT 12
Well done its a milestone you will never forget!
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Post by woodinhead on Mar 4, 2009 21:29:27 GMT 12
thanks guys I can't get the smile off my face
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 4, 2009 21:33:07 GMT 12
Well done on the solo flight!!
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Post by Citabria on Mar 5, 2009 6:49:06 GMT 12
Well done! ;D
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Post by stu on Mar 5, 2009 8:17:56 GMT 12
Congratulations, great feeling isn't it  |
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Post by corsair67 on Mar 5, 2009 10:44:06 GMT 12
Congratulations!  Did you get a Jet Aeroplane lolly after your solo? ;D |
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 5, 2009 11:41:14 GMT 12
Congrats. Many happy landings - you probably won't need to take off today (to be flyin'). ;D
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Post by philip on Mar 5, 2009 15:03:52 GMT 12
Congratulations, you can only ever do that once
Are you doing your microlight cert or PPL?
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Post by Bruce on Mar 5, 2009 15:26:54 GMT 12
Good stuff! The Coyote is a taildragger too isnt it?
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Post by DragonflyDH90 on Mar 5, 2009 17:28:15 GMT 12
Depends Bruce, some are tri and some are td.
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Post by woodinhead on Mar 5, 2009 19:07:40 GMT 12
this one is a trike JHZ at Rangatata, no I didn't get a jet plane lolly but I did get a little set of wings with pilot on them :-)
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 5, 2009 19:17:03 GMT 12
Congratulations! At least you didn't get a bucket of water chucked over you. |
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Post by Dave.K on Mar 5, 2009 20:08:45 GMT 12
Well done, did you find it was nothing like the last hour of beating the circuit, did it climb better one up and not want to come down. When did you realise you were alone, when I did mine, in a cherokee, it wasn't till down wind when i had a bit of time and there was no one in the next seat, sound stupid I know
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Post by Radialicious on Mar 5, 2009 20:15:14 GMT 12
Very well done! You are officially a pilot. No buts or maybes. Mine was Tomahawk ZK-EIU at Omaka on June 17th 1990. Vivid memories and not something I'll forget easily.
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Post by baz62 on Mar 5, 2009 22:21:01 GMT 12
Well done, did you find it was nothing like the last hour of beating the circuit, did it climb better one up and not want to come down. When did you realise you were alone, when I did mine, in a cherokee, it wasn't till down wind when i had a bit of time and there was no one in the next seat, sound stupid I know Yeah that was my experience too! My solo was in Cherokee 140 EBB at West Melton. While downwind I kept on looking over at the empty seat. When I got flying again after a 9 year gap I so wanted to fly EBB again but she had crashed (with no loss of life thank goodness!)while I had been away.  |
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Post by woodinhead on Mar 6, 2009 14:06:14 GMT 12
Yes it was weird flying on my own; I tried not to think about it, but without the other person the Coyote took off like a rocket, I do remember seeing the right stick moving on it’s own normally it is hidden by the instructors leg, down wind I had to throttle back quite a bit as it just wanted to climb away, and saying the downwind checks out loud on my own was weird too but that’s how I do them, still very excited and looking forward to the next fine days flying |
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Post by lumpy on Mar 6, 2009 18:05:47 GMT 12
My first solo was a glider , and I spent most of the pre takeoff time telling myself I could still pull out . ( think my instructor had more faith in me than I did ) . Had a wee oops when I went to realease , but otherwise went fine . To be honest it was a pretty frightening 8 minutes . First powered solo was 2 years latter in 82 ( like you Al , behind the controls of a Tomahawk at Omaka -- except mine was EQH ) and even though Id only been at the controls 8 times in total , ever , it was much much less frightening than the glider . I do totally agree , its a very odd feeling when you have only ever had someone sitting beside you , then suddenly hes not there ( or behind you in the case of the glider )
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