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minigun · 08-09-2013, 05:16 PM

Oh yeah! I remember my 16th birthday when I solo'ed in a Cherokee 180 that my father owned. I had been flying for a while with my father then with a family friend who was my instructor. I remember taking off, as I had done numerous times before in the past-with someone, and nobody was with me that day I solo'ed! Everything I did was mine and there was nobody to correct if needed be. I did my three "touch and goes" and I was done. The back of my shirt was cut as was the custom back then and put up on the instructor's wall. Is that still a custom now? I haven't flown a plane in so long now nor been in the aviation circles for a while now.

08-09-2013, 05:16 PM	#9
minigun User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 425 Thanks: 16 Thanked 20 Times in 15 Posts	Oh yeah! I remember my 16th birthday when I solo'ed in a Cherokee 180 that my father owned. I had been flying for a while with my father then with a family friend who was my instructor. I remember taking off, as I had done numerous times before in the past-with someone, and nobody was with me that day I solo'ed! Everything I did was mine and there was nobody to correct if needed be. I did my three "touch and goes" and I was done. The back of my shirt was cut as was the custom back then and put up on the instructor's wall. Is that still a custom now? I haven't flown a plane in so long now nor been in the aviation circles for a while now.