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Post by Gavin Conroy on Mar 6, 2009 19:45:39 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. Funny that AL, my first solo was in EIU as well, at Omaka on May 17 1989 and was 16 at the time. Great time thats for sure.  |
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Post by lumpy on Mar 6, 2009 20:34:47 GMT 12
Now I feel old ! Mind you , my first year gliding was spent being dragged around the sky by a Tiger Moth . ( still a dam nice view from that close behind ) . You just dont see that now days ! ;D
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Post by Bruce on Mar 6, 2009 21:55:33 GMT 12
Mine was ZK-EOQ, September 29th 1997 at Hamilton. I cant remember too much about it other than John Parker sent me solo. From memory I took a few hours off work (at Aeromotive, next door to the club)and returned afterwards - but got very little done!
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Post by woodinhead on Mar 7, 2009 7:16:19 GMT 12
Someone told me to put that entry in my log book in red (I haven't filled it out yet) is the the norm?
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Post by FlyNavy on Mar 7, 2009 8:12:38 GMT 12
Some perspective (through the perspex): www.airlinepilotforums.com/flight-training/32354-early-logbook-entries.html"Blue and black are fine. Pink with sparkles, not so much." For my money it is worthwhile to make a comment that it is your first solo but geez is not it obvious otherwise? ;D As for the colour: Don't get caught up in the coloured ink syndrome. You will have to remember what all the colours mean in future etc. I reckon just making clear entries in black or blue ink will be fine. You can please yourself as always. Depending on how you want to record information for future reference having notes about what you did - particularly for navigation waypoints to help remember flights - I found useful after 35 years. Of course for whatever reason I was not consistent & this mattered after all those years. It is amazing how useful your logbook will be just for remembering flights/details many years down the track. |
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Post by lumpy on Mar 7, 2009 9:39:35 GMT 12
I dont actually even remember filling my ones out , but both my first solos ( glider and powered ) are in red . Sure makes it easy to find when looking back , but I dont really remember why I did it . Perhaps it is a bit of a tradition ?
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Post by Peter Lewis on Mar 7, 2009 13:23:17 GMT 12
Someone told me to put that entry in my log book in red (I haven't filled it out yet) is the the norm? Never heard of that idea before. Maybe I'm just slow. My main memory of my first solo is of the tower responding to my downwind radio call with the response 'You are number two to a Duchess'. I spent the rest of the circuit frantically looking out for a large 'Alice-in-Wonderland' type lady dressed in a crinoline. Took my mind off anything else. |
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 7, 2009 17:31:51 GMT 12
The entry for my first solo is in red ink.
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Post by woodinhead on Mar 7, 2009 19:51:27 GMT 12
The entry for my first solo is in red ink. Cool so is mine now ;D |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Mar 8, 2009 12:42:20 GMT 12
In wartime RNZAF logbooks red ink was for night flying, black for day flying.
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Post by Simonjg on Mar 9, 2009 19:53:16 GMT 12
Cool plane to go solo in; well done. It only gets better from now on in. ;D
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Post by stingray on Mar 9, 2009 20:26:40 GMT 12
Great to read all your stories.. Counting down the days now,4 to go..
Friday the 13th. I guess its lucky that 13 is my lucky number!
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Post by FlyingKiwi on Mar 9, 2009 21:17:17 GMT 12
Heheh, I have an IFR flight test scheduled for this Friday the 13th...
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Post by flyjoe180 on Mar 10, 2009 19:51:57 GMT 12
Well done on the First Solo WH, very cool indeed. Good luck on Friday Leo.
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