Originally Posted by
Kyle Boatright
Once you get your license is a fine time to take friends and family on joy rides. I suggest doing that in the daytime and in good weather (visibility, wind, etc.), and it is probably best to stay relatively close to home, so you don't have to worry about weather changing before you return home. My first flight with a passenger was at 45 or so hours with my Dad. We went up on the Saturday after I got my license, and did an aerial tour of the foothills of the Appalachians, which begin close to my home base. An hour later we were home, no muss, no fuss. I made similar flights with numerous friends over the next few months.
Twenty five or so flight hours later, a friend of mine (a student pilot) and I made my first X/C as PIC.
Small steps...small steps.