Simviation Forum - Solo Cross Country!

Dec 9^th, 2005 at 3:30pm

BFMF Offline
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Woohooo.....! I just got back from my first solo cross country flight! 8)

After being delayed for weeks due to poor weather, the skies finally cleared up Roll Eyes

Nothing eventfull happened, and I didn't make any major mistakes, except mess up a couple radio calls, but other then that, all went well 8)

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Reply #1 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 3:38pm

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Way to go, glad you had fun 8)

Cheers,
RB

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Reply #2 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 4:02pm

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Well done Andrew! Nice one...

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Reply #3 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 4:29pm

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Well done Andrew...well done Wink

I guess in another year or so you will be sitting in the right seat of a spam can with 120 or so screaming passengers Grin

LOL

Cheers...Happy Landings...Doug

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Reply #4 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 5:07pm

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Congrats Andrew! Grin

Just got my first two out of the way a couple of weeks back.

It's SO much easier without the CFI in the right seat, you can just pile all your stuff right there!

I didn't mess up any radio calls (I'm good at comms thanks to FS) but I did forget to reset my sqwauk to VFR after my flight following was ended on the way home Embarrassed

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Reply #5 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 10:59pm

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Way to go, and if I missed beefhole's post (you did post to gloat, didn't you?), congrats to him, too.
Feels good, don't it?

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Reply #6 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 11:14pm

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Congratulations, sounds like it went great. You'll get used to not having an instructor in the left seat, and it'll be strange when a CFI is sitting there again. Good luck with the rest of your training, sounds like your almost done, only IFR left right?

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Reply #7 - Dec 9^th, 2005 at 11:39pm

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I guess in another year or so you will be sitting in the right seat of a spam can with 120 or so screaming passengers Grin

LOL

Not quite. More like eating god knows what out of an MRE Grin

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Good luck with the rest of your training, sounds like your almost done, only IFR left right?

My flight instructor said that as soon as I finish my next cross country flight to a controlled airport, she would start scheduling with the examiner...! Shocked

I wish I could share her optimism, but if she were to look inside my head, she would probably think twice about letting me go for the checkride. I'm far from ready to think about the checkride, and I probably couldn't come close to passing the verbal part of the exam Embarrassed

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Reply #8 - Dec 10^th, 2005 at 12:33pm

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The verbal part isn't so bad, it seems more like a flying discussion than an exam, but you should still study, it's always good to be sure of a decision you have to make, than regret it later, so study, study, study. Wink

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Reply #9 - Dec 10^th, 2005 at 4:30pm

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Way to go, and if I missed beefhole's post (you did post to gloat, didn't you?), congrats to him, too.

Nope.

Didn't post here or at TPL either. Wink

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Reply #10 - Dec 13^th, 2005 at 6:28pm

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Nope.

Didn't post here or at TPL either. Wink

That bad, huh?
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I think we'd all be interested in hearing about it...

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Reply #11 - Dec 14^th, 2005 at 8:59pm

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That bad, huh?
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I think we'd all be interested in hearing about it...

Oh, don't get the wrong idea! I had a fantastic time! My first solo kinda sucked for me, but my solo xcountry was really the best time I've had so far flying, and everything went as planned.

I just don't do writeups anymore. Wink

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Reply #12 - Dec 18^th, 2005 at 4:10am

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Go Andrew, it's your birthday... oh yeah...

Congrats!

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Reply #13 - Dec 22^nd, 2005 at 9:46pm

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Congratulations! You will remember and cherish the experience of making that flight as long as you live. I made mine 30 yrs. ago and I could still tell you all the details today! Good luck with the rest of your training!

Mike

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Reply #14 - Feb 1^st, 2006 at 6:19pm

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Look out world, haha jk! Congrats Andrew, I remember my first solo Xcountry to, rider is right u wont forget it, just like your first solo. I sung to mayself the first time...haha jk. I have another Xcountry comin up to I post the picks for you guys Wink

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