Two hours to solo.

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David MacRay
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Ok, so he was not authorized and some might say he stole the plane but.. any landing you can walk away from?

https://www.flyingmag.com/student-pilot ... news061918


Nark1

Somewhere down the list of fears of signing off a student for solo: having the FAA knock on my door.
“Hey Nark, your student is a dumbass, so you have to take a 709 ride.”



David MacRay
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There is a video somewhere.

Google took me to another story on the east coast from 1988.
https://www.nytimes.com/1988/12/12/nyre ... ouble.html
ScudRunner-d95
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Think I soloed around the 15 hour mark, keep in mind that was learning on a tail dragger and I aint to bright.
I hear the norm is now 20-30.
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