SOLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Hello everyone!

Yesterday marks a huge milestone in my journey to Private Pilot. I completed my first solo flight!!! It was amazing. I did three takeoffs and three landings all by myself. They were great too, no problems at all. It was such a beautiful night as well, the sunset was perfect, and the winds were pretty variable but only at a couple knots. A perfect time for a solo flight. Thanks so much to everyone in the FMA who made this possible for me. It’s truly a dream come true. It still feels so unreal. I soloed in 10.8 hours of total flight time, so that’s definitely pretty sweet! I hope to be able to get my PPL right around 40 hours, which of course is minimums for PPL.

I’ll have to take a little break now unfortunately, but I have finished my application for the EAA Ray Scholarship, so hopefully I can get that and continue my flight training! The next thing I want to complete is my written test. I am planning on having it done before the end of October. I have been and will continue using the Gleim aviation practice tests, the Sporty’s Learn to Fly course, and the Pilot’s Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge to study. I think that this will prepare me enough for the test. If anyone has any better advice on this, please let me know!

Thanks so much for following me thus far,

Jake Myers