Sometimes we get so busy in the air we forget to have fun and knowing that we actually solo and no help and fun at that point….. she did so well proud of her
NOT GONE WRONG. She took that diversion like a champ. I would have liked to see her recognize the IFR weather from ATIS and made that decision on her own, however that's what flight training is all about. Learning from our mistakes, applying what we've learned and always becoming better pilots because we remain teachable. She was safe. She Aviated, Navigated, and Communicated. She didn't break any regs. She didn't do anything dangerous. Most importantly, I didn't see any hazardous attitudes. She'll be a good pilot. Keep training, habibi!
Flying is much easier when things go right. This really was a confidence builder and she did very well on the radio as well. Off to a GREAT aviation career! !! !!!
Flying is an incredible mix of preparation, skill, and adaptability. It's during those moments when things don't go according to plan that experience truly shines. You are absolutely right its much easier when things go right.
Great job Roula!! Your poise and airmanship was commendable in such a stressful situation. My first long cross country was KSMO-KAPV-KSMO and, on the way back 20 miles out of KSMO ATC told me the same thing! After a minute or so of indecision - a divert to KVNY was chosen and a taxi ride back to KSMO! As with you, SoCal ATC were really helpful and kind knowing it was a student solo.
I thought she did a remarkable job. Pulled it all together. Probably the best 1st solo cross country I've seen. She sure demonstrated poise and confidence. Wow. N6395C (But the Piper Arrow was my favorite. :-)
For a first solo cross country, very impressive. Remarkably calm and collected. Nothing gone wrong, just a minor inconvenience that was dealt with appropriately. In my opinion, the main lesson to learn from this flight (and the only thing that a more experienced pilot would have done better) is that we need to recognize when to "activate plan B". When SoCal Approach said "ceiling is broken at 500", that should have been her cue to go to an alternate. She was trying a bit too hard to get back to her home base, and needed a nudge from the controller to realize that was not possible.
Congratulations! I believe she did a wonderful job. As a private pilot student, I find these videos incredibly enlightening. Thank you very much for sharing them.
Cool,calm and collected! Lots of options available and well done! With the marine layer this time of year you usually have small window before it rolls back in, plan accordingly.
Roula handled that beautifully. Certainly stressful on her first cross country solo flight, but nothing really went wrong. Inconvenient, of course, but it was a happy outcome. Well done, Roula!
Awesome job by the controllers!! I chuckled when the controller said “Ready for your IFR clearance?” She’s like “😮 nope, I’m VFR! But I’m on my solo and need to go to that field where the planes are!” Alway plan an alternate airport, that is XC planning 101.
The SoCal Controllers are great - they did a good job helping Roula. And Roula stayed calm, cool, and collected. She rocked her XC and I'm sure she'll never forget to plan for an alternate airport now!
Well done Roula, Congratulation! 🛩Also thank you for sharing the video, btw... anyone else noticed the tic tak high speed zoom at 9:41 right above the tail numbers, (only visible for 2 frames).
Amazing job! Very well done. You handled the stress very good! I'm a low time private pilot, that learn to fly in central Florida, in about 1/2 as difficult as the airspace you were in; and I would have probably not done as well as you did! And good on ATC also, they were great, and were way more friendly than the controllers where I fly. Great job all around!
@@OrangebarsInc Flying in Florida and in SOCAL are similar in airspace and quickly changing weather but would say that while flying in Florida is difficult than most areas, its not nearly as difficult as SOCAL. The airspace is more congested where she was flying, than where I fly in Central Florida. Also ATC is generally not as nice, as I observed in the video. She did great!
Excellent job! You said it was stressful, and there was a reason it was. But you didn't look or sound like your were stressed even a bit. The video title said "Gone Wrong." Your flight didn't go as planned, but there was nothing at all wrong about it.
Great job on what was definitely a stressful situation. I just did my first solo cross country two days ago. I was ready for it and all went well, but it was still stressful. I can only imagine if I had to divert to another airport, I would have been OK but...just another level of stress to add on.
3:20 "my trainer always talks so much" 😆 5:20 what's "box box box"? turning base/final? 8:52 "palomar tower", eh, easy to get the name wrong. loved the progressive taxi! 13:00 loved this conversation with approach. He really helped Roula, and she did great explaining what she knew and starting the problemsolving. flew into TOA recently just because of the Sling vids. Busy place!
The first cross-country solo never goes right :D my autopilot with brand new G1000 wasn't disengaging and going down with 800ft/m :D supper fun if you know what I mean ;)
Nice. I am curious, how did she and the plane get home? Did someone come out to endorse for the flight back, or was she close enough to home to call a car to drive home and someone else came to get the plane? Or something else? I am sure many student solos have this exact scenario in mind when they head out on their solo XCs.
.. she handled the deviation great .. and she flew great ..and .. just from seeing the layers on the first leg, weather should have been a concern .. and when taking off from the 2nd airpor it was predictable that weather could/would be a factor. The big question is why was she signed off for this flight by her CFI when weather could be a factor? ..
I usually file a flight plan even if I use flight following because they once sent me a text with a weather prediction update for just this exact situation. Torrance weather prediction changed and I had to leave San Diego early before an earlier than predicted marine layer set in.
Keep in mind - relying on flight following for search and rescue (rather than filing a VFR flight plan) is a dangerous misunderstanding of how the system works. A lot of things can go wrong with flight following leaving you without an alert to the search and rescue. You may not get flight following. Your radio may not be transmitting without you knowing. You may forget to click the PTT in panic. Remember - aircraft disappear off the radar every day on the controller's screen for various reasons, they may not necessarily pay attention or assume you have crashed. If you believe you may need search and rescue capabilities within a reasonable timeline - always file. That they can not ignore.
I was unable to leave this comment on your first solo, hope it allows me to send out here. BTW you did great on this detour flight info Long Beach. Congratulations and Celebrations soon to be a professional pilot Roula on your very first solo flight in March last year. I'm a retired United Airlines Captain. I still recall my very first solo 54 years ago at TMB Airport. Since you said sky when you soloed, I'll add that I'm sure the friendly skies will welcome you, if you decide to become an airline pilot. United Aviate Academy.
If you’re a student pilot operating in controlled airspace, be sure to include the notation “student pilot” in your comms; ATC will go the extra mile to help you out, and other pilots will cut you some slack.
Amazes me how she's on a solo and did not know the procedures for inadvertently going into IMC. I'm just a student pilot not solo'd yet and I totally would not have been lost in the sauce like that. That is just frustrating to me. People in the air without the proper training. Thank God it didn't get ugly.
I'm interested to start a PPL but the communication procedure is terrifying. I don't understand a single word. It is like normal communication but speed up on 3x fast forward.
Don't be afraid, it's just a skill that needs practicing. It's hard at first but becomes easier after every flight. You get the hang of it pretty quickly - don't let that stop you from starting a PPL 🛩
Curious: Learning nav in Australia in recreational aircraft we are taught to navigate using paper charts and hundred year old equipment. I didn’t see a chart in sight?
We use modern avionics and equipment for our training to help prepare our students for the airlines and commercial jobs (We still learn to use the charts and other equipment as part of the training).
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Sometimes we get so busy in the air we forget to have fun and knowing that we actually solo and no help and fun at that point….. she did so well proud of her
Roula's achievement is truly commendable, as she demonstrated remarkable skills and confidence on her solo flight.
She talks to herself like I do when flying. That’s a good way to remember everything. Enjoyed watching the flight.
NOT GONE WRONG. She took that diversion like a champ. I would have liked to see her recognize the IFR weather from ATIS and made that decision on her own, however that's what flight training is all about. Learning from our mistakes, applying what we've learned and always becoming better pilots because we remain teachable. She was safe. She Aviated, Navigated, and Communicated. She didn't break any regs. She didn't do anything dangerous. Most importantly, I didn't see any hazardous attitudes. She'll be a good pilot. Keep training, habibi!
Yes! Absolutely, we are excited to see Roula grow as a pilot and learn to make those decisions on her own. As a pilot, you never stop learning 🛩
Does she have to do her long xc all over again?
Very well said! I agree with you analyses.
Very well done handling busy and complex airspace with a diversion. And kudos for the SoCal controllers for taking such good care of a student solo.
We love our SoCal controllers ♥
I'm a student pilot now, next phase is student solo cross country, what happened to you here is exactly the kind of stuff I stress about - good job!!
Good work preparing yourself, don't stress too much and good luck 🤞😎
I would not have been this great with all the freq changes on my first cross country. Well done!!
Looks like in SoCal there are lots of towered airports so they’re more used to it.
Flying is much easier when things go right. This really was a confidence builder and she did very well on the radio as well. Off to a GREAT aviation career! !! !!!
Flying is an incredible mix of preparation, skill, and adaptability. It's during those moments when things don't go according to plan that experience truly shines. You are absolutely right its much easier when things go right.
This was a student solo cross-country? Sure didn't look/sound like it. Total command, and flew like a PIC!
Roula is a rock star 😎🤙
Mashallah so wonderfull... Bismillah alrahman al raheem... so awesome gave me goosebumps! So proud of you, Roula.
Yes, thanks to infidel technology. I’m Arab btw lol.
Great job Roula!! Your poise and airmanship was commendable in such a stressful situation. My first long cross country was KSMO-KAPV-KSMO and, on the way back 20 miles out of KSMO ATC told me the same thing! After a minute or so of indecision - a divert to KVNY was chosen and a taxi ride back to KSMO! As with you, SoCal ATC were really helpful and kind knowing it was a student solo.
Next time, divert to KTOA and we can have some fun with the Slings 😎 what were you flying?
An old, tired C172 in 1996! But I loved it! Don't think Slings were born yet were they!? @@SlingPilotAcademy
@@petersmith8435 🤣 no, not quite yet.
Bravo, Roula, for embracing every moment of this unforgettable experience during your first Cross Country solo! 👏👏
Very well done! You handle radios and the overall situation very well.
I thought she did a remarkable job. Pulled it all together. Probably the best 1st solo cross country I've seen. She sure demonstrated poise and confidence. Wow. N6395C (But the Piper Arrow was my favorite. :-)
For a first solo cross country, very impressive. Remarkably calm and collected. Nothing gone wrong, just a minor inconvenience that was dealt with appropriately. In my opinion, the main lesson to learn from this flight (and the only thing that a more experienced pilot would have done better) is that we need to recognize when to "activate plan B". When SoCal Approach said "ceiling is broken at 500", that should have been her cue to go to an alternate. She was trying a bit too hard to get back to her home base, and needed a nudge from the controller to realize that was not possible.
Gone worng? Fantastic job under the givin situation. You demomstrated situational awareness! Kudos to your flight intructor!
Agreed - she did a fantastic job 😎
Such an eventful solo Xc so much going on. She was a legit PIC. Also ATC was great!
Roula, great landing at Long Beach!
Woohoo! 🎉
Great job staying cool under pressure!!👏🏼👏🏼
Way to roll with the changes. Well done young lady.
That was awesome job handling that redirect and last minute change to a whole new airport!
Congratulations! I believe she did a wonderful job. As a private pilot student, I find these videos incredibly enlightening. Thank you very much for sharing them.
Our pleasure!
This is how my first XC happened too. Home field turned IFR on the way back. Having to adjust on my own was the first time I really felt like a pilot!
It's hard to forget your first solo and first XC, are you still doing flight training?
Cool,calm and collected! Lots of options available and well done! With the marine layer this time of year you usually have small window before it rolls back in, plan accordingly.
GONE WRONG? I think she did a great job correcting the problem. Kudos to her.
Nicely done! Her comms were very tight given her first cross country solo. Definitely impressive.
Agree 💯 she rocked it 🤙
@@SlingPilotAcademy I just randomly commented the same then saw this
Roula handled that beautifully. Certainly stressful on her first cross country solo flight, but nothing really went wrong. Inconvenient, of course, but it was a happy outcome. Well done, Roula!
Awesome job by the controllers!! I chuckled when the controller said “Ready for your IFR clearance?” She’s like “😮 nope, I’m VFR! But I’m on my solo and need to go to that field where the planes are!”
Alway plan an alternate airport, that is XC planning 101.
The SoCal Controllers are great - they did a good job helping Roula. And Roula stayed calm, cool, and collected. She rocked her XC and I'm sure she'll never forget to plan for an alternate airport now!
Should get bonus points for a real world cross country situation!
💯 you're right!
Great flying. You handled the unexpected really well. Well done! Best of luck with your training.
Well done. She worked through what must have been a very stressful situation. Also a good job by ATC.
Looks like so much fun! Can't wait until next year when I hopefully start my own flight training. Awesome job Roula.
Nice! Where will you be training at? 🛩
@@SlingPilotAcademy I'm looking at several schools, but the one I'm most interested in is Thrust Flight in Addison, TX.
@@shockwavegaming1376 let us know if you want to take an intro flight in a Sling before making your decision - we'd love to have you!
@@SlingPilotAcademy Thank you.
Well done Roula, Congratulation! 🛩Also thank you for sharing the video, btw... anyone else noticed the tic tak high speed zoom at 9:41 right above the tail numbers, (only visible for 2 frames).
She was so nonchalant at the 12:16 mark. Happy to hear the "welcome back, " HELLO!!!!! VFR into IFR conditions!!! Ceiling 500 broken? Brain freeze.
Great job flying , I'm proud of you ! 🙏
This Pilot is amazing. She is good I liked it. Well done.
Very good job with communicating and flying the airplane, keep up the good work!!!
So Proud of Her for keeping her head and subscribed and liked for more good content
Nice job rolling with the changes! Keep up the good work.
Amazing job! Very well done. You handled the stress very good! I'm a low time private pilot, that learn to fly in central Florida, in about 1/2 as difficult as the airspace you were in; and I would have probably not done as well as you did! And good on ATC also, they were great, and were way more friendly than the controllers where I fly. Great job all around!
so you're saying it's easier in florida than in Socal?, what would be the reason?
She did great and we love our local controllers, you should come fly around in SoCal one day to get the experience!
@@OrangebarsInc Flying in Florida and in SOCAL are similar in airspace and quickly changing weather but would say that while flying in Florida is difficult than most areas, its not nearly as difficult as SOCAL. The airspace is more congested where she was flying, than where I fly in Central Florida. Also ATC is generally not as nice, as I observed in the video. She did great!
@@SlingPilotAcademy 100% Definitely will! Thanks for the invite!
@@flyod26 Gotcha! i was just wondering cuz i'm based in california and very interested in flying thanks :)
She's a PRO.... beautiful flight...
Excellent job! You said it was stressful, and there was a reason it was. But you didn't look or sound like your were stressed even a bit. The video title said "Gone Wrong." Your flight didn't go as planned, but there was nothing at all wrong about it.
Very true! She did very well with the challenges thrown her way
Great job Rula! You did great.
Wow awesome job! I can see the stress got to you. Although you sounded a little tired, you controlled every situation remarkably. 👌🏽
Perfect comms!
Well done you did amazing Roula!
Roula did such a good job!! 🎉
Well done and good luck🛩️😃
That was fantastic, Roula! #inspired!
You was up the same time I was over KCRQ. That was cool. Keep doing a great job.
Nice! What were you flying?
@@SlingPilotAcademy Cessna 172S
Good job, through all those situations. good judgment😊👩✈👨✈
Great job on what was definitely a stressful situation. I just did my first solo cross country two days ago. I was ready for it and all went well, but it was still stressful. I can only imagine if I had to divert to another airport, I would have been OK but...just another level of stress to add on.
Congrats on your first solo cross country and thanks for watching!
You did great.
The radios will get easier
watching these makes me feel at ease, I'm at 33 hours in!
Mabrouk! All the best.
Great job! ATC were so nice as well 🥹
We love our SoCal Controllers ♥
3:20 "my trainer always talks so much" 😆
5:20 what's "box box box"? turning base/final?
8:52 "palomar tower", eh, easy to get the name wrong. loved the progressive taxi!
13:00 loved this conversation with approach. He really helped Roula, and she did great explaining what she knew and starting the problemsolving.
flew into TOA recently just because of the Sling vids. Busy place!
Did you come say hi? We'd love to show you our slings, maybe get you flying in one?
@@SlingPilotAcademy I didn't! I should have.
love how helpful atc was great to see!
We ♥our SoCal Controllers
Nice job Roula.
The first cross-country solo never goes right :D my autopilot with brand new G1000 wasn't disengaging and going down with 800ft/m :D supper fun if you know what I mean ;)
😮😮😮 an unforgettable experience!
Excellent work, I hope my solo is that smooth
Congratulations 🎊🎉
🥳🎉
Nice. I am curious, how did she and the plane get home? Did someone come out to endorse for the flight back, or was she close enough to home to call a car to drive home and someone else came to get the plane? Or something else? I am sure many student solos have this exact scenario in mind when they head out on their solo XCs.
Awesome job Roula 👌👌
16:20 I was thrilled the first time that I saw a man from the FBO direct me to parking in that way. It made me feel like I was flying a 747.
.. she handled the deviation great .. and she flew great ..and .. just from seeing the layers on the first leg, weather should have been a concern .. and when taking off from the 2nd airpor it was predictable that weather could/would be a factor.
The big question is why was she signed off for this flight by her CFI when weather could be a factor? ..
Great job!
I usually file a flight plan even if I use flight following because they once sent me a text with a weather prediction update for just this exact situation. Torrance weather prediction changed and I had to leave San Diego early before an earlier than predicted marine layer set in.
That's a great idea, it's always better to be prepared than not.
Keep in mind - relying on flight following for search and rescue (rather than filing a VFR flight plan) is a dangerous misunderstanding of how the system works. A lot of things can go wrong with flight following leaving you without an alert to the search and rescue. You may not get flight following. Your radio may not be transmitting without you knowing. You may forget to click the PTT in panic. Remember - aircraft disappear off the radar every day on the controller's screen for various reasons, they may not necessarily pay attention or assume you have crashed. If you believe you may need search and rescue capabilities within a reasonable timeline - always file. That they can not ignore.
Why the rudder tail wag on final for SBD?
I was unable to leave this comment on your first solo, hope it allows me to send out here. BTW you did great on this detour flight info Long Beach. Congratulations and Celebrations soon to be a professional pilot Roula on your very first solo flight in March last year. I'm a retired United Airlines Captain. I still recall my very first solo 54 years ago at TMB Airport. Since you said sky when you soloed, I'll add that I'm sure the friendly skies will welcome you, if you decide to become an airline pilot. United Aviate Academy.
She’s better than a lot of PPLs that I’ve seen. I’m curious how many hours this was?
Very cool pilot, well done.
We agree - she's great!
Talking to the camera on a first solo cross-country... Some people are just built differently than me.
Very well done!
Great job, confused though, is it two zero Charlie or zero two Charlie?
It's "Two Sierra Charlie" because the plane is 802SC - thanks for asking!
Good job Roula!
Well done keeping the nose up on landing.
Wow she did a great job
She did a good job 👏 cool head warm heart
Good job!!
Fantastic job.
Lessons learned when xcntry goes to plan -10 points. Lessons learned when “stuff” happens- 10,000. Good work.
Amazing!
Well done dealing with that on your first solo.
She handled it like a pro 😎
A testament to your instructors and training. Well done.
Good job.... It was stressful for me just watching :)
She handled it well...very stressful!
Was that a nasty marine layer over KTOA? Great pilotage! 👏👍
Very cool video to watch
Great Video!
Thanks for watching!
If you’re a student pilot operating in controlled airspace, be sure to include the notation “student pilot” in your comms; ATC will go the extra mile to help you out, and other pilots will cut you some slack.
Absolutely, thanks for mentioning!
Amazes me how she's on a solo and did not know the procedures for inadvertently going into IMC. I'm just a student pilot not solo'd yet and I totally would not have been lost in the sauce like that. That is just frustrating to me. People in the air without the proper training. Thank God it didn't get ugly.
I'm interested to start a PPL but the communication procedure is terrifying. I don't understand a single word. It is like normal communication but speed up on 3x fast forward.
Don't be afraid, it's just a skill that needs practicing. It's hard at first but becomes easier after every flight. You get the hang of it pretty quickly - don't let that stop you from starting a PPL 🛩
Curious: Learning nav in Australia in recreational aircraft we are taught to navigate using paper charts and hundred year old equipment. I didn’t see a chart in sight?
We use modern avionics and equipment for our training to help prepare our students for the airlines and commercial jobs (We still learn to use the charts and other equipment as part of the training).
Thanks for the reply! I have my nav solo soon. Hopefully I’m as calm and collected as your student!
@@donnyb9273 Good luck! You got this 😤
Good learning experience for her
That's right!
Whats with the excessive rudder use on final?
Really awesome video.
Glad you liked it!
Is the beep her stall warning?
Awesome content
That was awesome. Very nice🤗🤗.
Good job Roula😀
does she has youtube channel on her own?
Weird she didn't hear them say the ceiling was 500. I heard it and was interested how she would handle it. She did a great job
Yes she did - thanks for watching!