Solo!

Yeah!

Solo today! Weather was great! I hadn't flown in ten days, so my pre-solo check was a bit rough the first 10 to 15 minutes, but then I figured it out and did fine. There was a bunch of people in the pattern so I had to do a bunch of go-arounds and low approaches, but whatever.

For those of you not in the know, after your initial solo, your classmates grab you and throw you into the "solo tank" which is just a big tank of water. IF you can make it back to your flight room before they get you, then everyone in your flight owes you a case of beer. I made it back to the flight room, then they grabbed me and dunked me! Good times!

On a not so good note, we had our first casualty at the end of last week. He was having problems with his basic aircraft control and so was finally let go. We wish him all the best!!