9.5 hours in a Cessna 150 off a 2500 foot grass strip. I went around the first time, though as I was taught "never be too proud to go around if it doesn't look right". (It didn't).
9.5 hours in a Cessna 150 off a 2500 foot grass strip. I went around the first time, though as I was taught "never be too proud to go around if it doesn't look right". (It didn't).
If God had intended man to fly He would have given us more money!
One of the new CFIs at a local flight school just had two students solo, one after 23 hours, one after 16 hours, both did the solo flight well.
Pretty much the same here, 17 years old in 11 hours in shiny new C-152 in 1977. I was frustrated by weather delays and therefore, was disappointed that it took 11 hours.Originally Posted by malexander
I just turned(literally) 24 when I soloed in 8.6 hours in a not so new C-150 in 1973. And I soloed on my birthday(you could look it up) which I always thought was prophetic because from the age of 4 I believed I was born to fly.
Has anyone noticed a pattern here from the anecdotal descriptions posted. Seems those who soloed in the 60's and 70's did so at an average of under 10 hours. In the decades following, the hours to solo has risen substantially for most students. What nefarious factors have contributed to this? I'm sure economics is one.
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