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Well I am 37 years old and started this past February. I at the near end with my ppl. I have about 42 hours.. all I have left is my solo xcountry and prob few mock checkrides. My brother is very supportive and his in laws are as well. His father in law was a col In the Airforce and mother in law...

Well my first solo adventure other than pattern work.. ever since i did my first solo weather hasn't been great so I just stayed in the pattern. But yesterday it was good enough. Attached is a picture of the hazy Texas afternoon. I practiced steep turns, slow flight, power off stalls. I did feel...

I am sitting at about 35 hours into my PPL training. My wife is very very hesitant about ever getting in "that small aluminum can called a plane". I have hopes though.your story gives me hopes lol.

That's what I had but 3 of them.. . Is that a yellow jacket? I just call them bees lol. I know different types just easier

Damn Auto Errect! (BigBadLou made me do it) In all seriousness. Yesterday was my second attempt of venturing solo. My first attempt I made a decision to turn around after i didn't feel comfortable with the current weather ( which was totally different from the METAR and PIREPS) you can see...

Well she said congratulations your alive and she watched my recording of it. She at least acted happy.

I been trying to fly but damn weather acting up. Hopefully tomorrow. Lol

I was alone.. my wife didn't go haha.. I didn't know the chief, my Instructor, and 2 foreign students where waiting for me. They made me feel accomplished.

Thanks for all the encouragement through the time guys. It was a memorable day. So happy it happened on Cinco de mayo. Now I can celebrate it every year lol

Hi.. Yes I posted it on new thread lol.

Yes.. I can only imagine that my long xcountry will probably feel great also.. I will keep everyone posted. I need to start prepping for my oral portion.. so if any tips let me know

No idea but it was fun and felt great. It was a hot day in the San Antonio texas afternoon. So that water actually felt amazing. No joke I didn't have to change by the time I walked into the fbo I was almost dry . Go figure.

I started ground before training. I used gleim. And private pilot app. I was going to take the written before training but waited after 10 hours just to see what I learned. Then took the test and passed easily. Just using the app after I did gleim was the main focus. It felt like I knew all the...

Thanks everyone.. seems you guys are the only ones that really understand that feeling lol.. friends and family really don't get it. :)

I agree I wasn't as nervous as I thought I would be. When he told me to drop him off at 15 hours yes I was much more nervous. But since I built double the hours I was more confident

Yes it is.. took me a bit but when I landed it hit me more.. think because I had my game face on during my 3 landings lol

Ya. Every Cinco de mayo I will have a drink in memory of my first solo on this date lol

After today 32.7 lol. My Instructor has been trying to solo me since 15 hours. But weather was always bad. So we kept on going and practiced crosswinds, did xcountry, night xcountry, night flight, all my hood time, and practice in bad winds.. so finally today was a nice day. Winds only 6-9...

Well he told me before to bring change of clothes. So i knew they do that. But i been trying to solo for a while now that i totally forgot about the water and didn't know when. I was so excited that i soloed i forgot about and it was a total surprise.

Thanks! That was exactly what i said to myself.. lol