Guess What I Did Yesterday

I SOLOED!!!! I wasn’t sure it was going to happen. I had a rough lesson on Saturday, and then even though we rescheduled to evening to have a better chance of light winds, they were still blowing 11 kts. (But, mainly down the runway.) I was flying really well last night, though, even though my instructor did the “pull out the throttle without announcing his intentions to simulate an engine failure” thing twice. (That was the first and second time ever.)

So, after 5 landings he told me to pull off by the fueling station. “How do you feel about going yourself? Does it make you nervous?”

“Well, yes, but I don’t think that’s going to go away until I do it.”

So, I went. The first landing was brilliant. I really nailed it. The second one was good, but the nose gear started vibrating, which had never happened before. Luckily, he just talked me through it, and I did one more.

:)