Annalynn's First Solo!
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It's that time -- First Solo. This is when you solo an airplane after going through your initial flight training toward a private pilot license. Annalynn has been flying a lot, and as her CFI I've been giving her flight lessons to prepare her for this day. Truly this is a big day in her aviation journey.
She really loves flying. We started flying when she was 16, during her discovery flight. Her family bought an airplane so they could learn to fly. And her and I went after the flight training hard this summer. Aviation booms in Alaska in the summer, and we had to take advantage of the good weather. And the big day has finally come!
Traditionally, the flight instructor (CFI) goes up for a few laps around the traffic pattern to make sure the student pilot is in the good head space. In this case, Annalynn and I did a few touch and goes in her Cessna 152. Then, verifying what I already knew, I jumped out of the airplane (on the ground of course) and she went for a rip!
Each landing and takeoff was fantastic. You could tell she was flying the aircraft well and had control the whole time. Even confidence I would say. And this IS a huge confidence builder, doing this first solo. From here, really, the aviation journey accelerates with all of that energy and confidence. The end of the private pilot training goes very quickly.
Annalynn ended up doing 3 takeoffs and 3 landings in the Cessna 152. We all celebrated when she got back, and I 'cut her tail feathers'. Lots of people ask about that tradition. In the olden days of aviation and flight training, the CFI sat behind the student in a tandem aircraft. They'd tug on the shirt of the student to convey certain messages, like turn this way, or listen up. By cutting the feathers, it signifies that the CFI no longer needs to give those instructions to the student pilot.
Of course there are still many things that the student pilot needs to learn during flight training, but the first solo is still a huge day in their aviation journey.
#firstsolo #flying #aviation
What was your first solo like? OR when do you plan on soloing? Let's here some STORIES and PLANS in the comments!
Solo was about a year ago and i talked to myself the entire time!
Hoping to solo in a few weeks!!! Will depend on weather and COVID and scheduling a couple more flights around a full-time job! This was a perfectly-timed video for motivation!
Roughly 3 years ago, was great, but the most exciting was solo XC.
It was two years ago, I had done about 8 circuits with my instructor so was feeling pretty calm. Everything worked out fine. ruclips.net/video/1zLk1seDI3Y/видео.html
Solo'd in 2007, was actually in a C152. Actually the n was 76J, when she said 67L it reminded me of my first solo. I was so scared.
Congratulations Annalynn! I am a retired United Airlines Captain. From the date on this video post it looks like you soloed the same month that I retired, October 2020. My first solo was in 1977 in a Piper Cherokee 140. I remember feeling the exact same way you looked in the video! Awesome! I finished all my training and began professional flying in 1980. 40 years later, 22,000 hours, Corporate, Regional and Major Airlines, what a blast! I had the great privilege to fly all over the world with United Airlines. Started in the B-727, then off to 737, 757, 767, 777, and B-747-400, and one non-Boeing tour in the DC-10 for three years. When I taxied in from that first solo, parked and shook my Flight Instructor's hand I was still emotionally floating back up in that traffic pattern and couldn't wait to get back up there. I had no idea what a fantastic flying career was ahead of me, but I hoped. And now I hope for you, that your journey will fulfill every flying desire in your heart! Go get it girl!
Cool!!
What a great reply and a great career! And CONGRATS young lady! Have a blast with whatever you end up doing in life. I got my commercial license in the 70’s but ended up becoming an air traffic controller instead! What a kick. And so was my solo . . . some (gag) 40+ yrs. ago! (The olden days with no cell phones/pictures or video for posterity. Well . . . if you packed around a huge camcorder . . .) Anyways, Congrats again 😀
Awesome reply!
Hey Larry. Life goes by so fast. 🙏👍
Hello, from England, I also soloed in 1977 in a cherokee 140 and went on to fly for the next 40 years too, I also did 73, 75,76, and 74-2 with a short stay on a bus. its great to watch u do what we all did at one time or another,,,, have fun and stay safe,. wish u blue skys :)
The first solo flight is where you take off as a student and land as a Pilot, Congratulations Annalynn!!! The sky is yours!!!!!
Great comment
Not exactly, you are again a student pilot but you fly alone for the first time
i get it now...not a pilot.
@@valkori_ytb I think Noah's comment was missing a some potential tonal/speech markers to indicate it was a metaphor. It's like people saying 'you are a [young person noun] before, but after, you are a [adult person noun]. I don't think they literally meant you land as a Legal Pilot.
Technically a student pilot when solo is still a student pilot. BUT, also technically called PIC (Pilot in command) when flying solo, student pilot or not. Confused yet? lol
Annalynn is great but the teacher is incredible. Great at communicating corrections in a positive way. Good job dude.
The first time you fly an airplane alone is ... magical. It's exhilarating, then scary, but then your training kicks in and you just do what you learned to do. What a great experience!
It was fantastic! I buckled up the passenger side seat belt. Pretend my mom was with me. Because she would be very excited to see me solo. She passed away when I was 13. I solo when I was 17. It was something was put into my heart. Great to see people moving forward with great spirits!
Ok geez. Making me tear up. That sounds amazing.
Damn man, I lost my Mom 3 years ago and hoping to solo soon. Going to buckle her in as you did.
Your mom was with you farfetch7, and yours will be with you too, Wild Tech. They are in every cell of your body, in your hearts and memories. ❤️🛩
Damn onion cutting ninjas are back at it again.
@@savvysteaks That is awesome. Enjoy the solo and congrats to your aviation career!
After my first solo, instructor asked' "How was it?"
I said, 'It was great, but even without you in the plane... I could still hear you in my head'. He just smiled.
Ditto!
And I smiled reading this
The sign of a great instructor
Awesome
Yeah I remember that to, I can still hear hes voice in my head every time Im in the pattern for full stop landing.
I’m 54 years old and started my pilot school in august. I’m edging up on my solo. I live in Kentucky so I want to solo before the weather turns. It’s been a lifelong dream and I’m working very hard to make it happen. Congrats Annalynn, you’re inspiring.
Hey, I’m 49 and hopefully starting flight school soon. Good luck to you.
53. will begin in 2026
Good luck !!
I love it. I missed my goal of my solo cross country before Christmas. But, I’ll be going up next week for my check ride.
Did you get to solo yet?
I'll NEVER, EVER forget my solo. It was INCREDIBLE! I had no idea I was going to solo that day. After my instructor got out, my knees were literally knocking! By the time I took off, there was too much to concentrate on. Knees stopped knoking and and did great! Coingratulations Annalynn! You did great!!!
My first solo, just before taxing out I asked my instructor if he wanted a ride back to the airport.
I knew I was going to solo the day before, I was scared shitless too and couldn’t sleep that night😂 afraid I’d get up there and panic but like you said, there’s just too much to concentrate on and you don’t have time to be scared. Definitely something to remember.
I remember my instructor getting out of the plane, telling me to stay put, told me I was flying solo then he got his briefcase out of the back and said "I better take this in case you crash and burn so I don't lose all my students info". that was over 40 years ago.
Wow ahahah
Talk about a poorly time joke, Jesus LOL 😂😂
I am now 76 years old and my first solo was in 1982...The emotion I felt watching this video brought back like it was yesterday. Thank you for making this old man remember that wonderful day.
Time flies eyy, your probably dead by now but if not l feel for you bro like seems like yesterday now you miss everything and if you lived life to the fullest then you are good but if you still have some regrets then it sucks bro
Getting old sucks😔
@@super8393 Let’s not assume he’s dead. 😅😂
@@super8393 Lol, he wrote it a month ago not 15 years. He's probably still around.
@@beegeesromero3476 😂
Hell yeah. And 76 isn't old, wtf you talking about. 😁
To solo for the first time and realize there is no one there to help you but God, gives whole new meaning to a pass fail test. Annalynn did very well. I felt the same way in 1979 and every landing since.
Hey Guys. You never forget your 1st solo. Mine was at Southend on Sea (SEND) in the UK. GB-IOC Cessna 152. It was late afternoon in the autumn. After Andy got out and closed the door, I looked over the now huge empty cockpit and taxied out to runway 24. As Southend was a very busy commercial airport, ATC was always gruff and barely tolerant of us fledgling pilots. As the wheels left the runway, I remember feeling so excited. It was getting darker and as I radioed in calling down wind. ATC replied, I think this may help Oscar Charlie, and turned on the runway lights! I can’t to this day explain the feeling, what an overwhelming sight! Southend is a large airfield and I had a long time to enjoy this magical moment. As I cleared the runway, ATC added, nice one Oscar Charlie. I was grinning from ear to ear!
My first solo was in highschool and my mom freaked out at my instructor "he cant even drive a car and your gonna let him fly a plane?!' she was happy after! now i go off to fly a jet for the first time next week!
Moms, right?
Ha ha. That brings back memories. I was the same way. My parents had to drive me to the small airport where I soloed because I couldn't drive yet. Congratulations on flying a jet, that sounds pretty fun.
Haha Awesome! Blue skies!
while she was flying I was thinking exactly that. She can't drive but she can fly haha
Good luck on that
30 years ago my instructor, after a couple of circuits, simply said "Ok take me back to the hangar". It was a small airfield with only one hangar. As I prepared to shut the aircraft down he said "Dont do that, I'm going to the clubhouse for a cup of tea, go and do one more circuit then join me". And he just got out! Before he closed the door he added I should do my checks... So I did, taxied to the end of the runway, lined up, rechecked everything, and then did what I've seen many more students do at that point. Takes about 5 seconds and we all sit there and think - am I really going to do this? Then the training takes over and we go. I remember so clearly to this day, the joy of flying an aircraft by myself.
thank you for the share
This is almost exactly like my first solo. My dad was my instructor and we were in the same 1946 t craft that he learned of from his dad. Didn’t know I was going to solo that day, he just got out and said do it again. I remember waiting to take off thinking oh my god I can’t believe I’m about to do it! I’ll never forget it
I always told my students that after I was out of the airplane that thing would leap into the air like a rocket and it'll want to float on landing.
After about 10 hours of flight time in a Cessna 152 (tail number 65552) with instructor Fred Lorenz out of the Edwards AFB Aero Club, we were doing routine pattern work. After about 3 landings, he surprised me when he had me stop on the runway, got out, and said simply to give him three takeoffs and landings. When he got out of the plane, the feeling was simultaneously sheer elation and sheer terror. My first impression on takeoff was that the airplane climbed like a rocket because 240 pound Fred wan no longer on board. Those first three solo takeoffs and landings were the best ever. When I completed them, I got the plane on the ground and got out, but I couldn't walk on the ground because I was walking on air for hours afterwards. That solo was the most amazing and life-changing experience because I finally truly understood what John Gillespie McGee, Jr. wrote about in his poem "High Flight" and what Leonardi de Vince meant when he said "Once you have flown, you look at everything differently". Everybody should have that experience.
I sat in my office and cheered Annalynn on as if I was there standing right there on the tarmac. Brought back memories of my first solo in June 1990 in LEX.... in a very similar looking C-152. Literally brought tears to my eyes to see her excitement, enthusiasm and confidence. Well done Annalynn and blessings for a long and safe flying career !
This video changed my life. I've watched several videos where students are soloing their first time. I found them extremely exciting and enjoyable. I always thought that flying would be something I wouldn't be capable of so I guess I just dismissed it automatically. Then after watching your video I decided to make the dream come true for myself. I took my first flight lesson on March 14th, passed my FAA exam in late April and soloed in late May. Now my focus is on wrapping up preparations for my check ride. Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us. It was the inspiration I needed to turn a lifelong dream into reality.
Just took my PPL ride last week, study hard, you got it!
Congratulations and thank you!
congrats! This vid really inspires me especially because in a heavily male-dominated field, it's nice to see a girl doing what they're doing.
Very cool! Congratulations!!
Good on you, mate!
First soloed in 1983. Can remember that feeling on downwind OMG that right seat next to me is EMPTY. After three seconds of panic, settled down and concentrated on the three circuits and landings ahead. Most glorious moment in my life, even after all those years.
WOOOOW..... LOVE IT SR!
Same for me. KPMP. Didn't kick in until I was on downwind
Same for me. Busy, busy, busy... Midfield downwind, take a breath, look to the right, Wait... What? Oh yeah. Busy busy, land.
Congratulations Annalynn!
Her confidence in her skills is obvious. Great video! When she flew the first three with instructor, she was just working. When she solo'd, she was just having fun:)
When I did my solo, a pilot from a commercial Airline heard my communication with the tower and congratulated me. That was great
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That’s awesome!
Yes sir reee buddy, when U get congrats from a commercial pilot, that's when U knooow ur're cookin w/Crisco!👍🏾
You don’t know how much you helped me prepare for this !!!’ I’m a student Pilot with about 10 hours and had not flown since 2017 and this month I took out some retirement money to finish. I was worried about this part and now the uneasiness is gone I’m confident that I’ll do well !!!! THANK U for this video !!!!!
actually there are different channels and when u are one the right channel u can hear am i right? They are all open so u can listen from the ground too? If u know the right frequency?
That's awesome! Can't wait to start flying in a few months
My daughter is 12 yrs old and will be taking her introductory flight this Saturday. She lights up every time she talks about flying and knows she wants to be a pilot. She watched your solo and hasn't stopped smiling since. Awesome job and thank you for sharing!
That’s so sweet!!
Maybe she will be flying some of us one day!! Tell her dreams come true with hard work and never giving up ❤️
Firstly this needed a heart ♥️ and “First” congratulations and best of luck to your precious daughter I can feel the excitement too. May God continue to always bless and guide her...may God bless you all Aameen🤲🏼🤍💦💕
Please continue to support your daughter in pursuing aviation, I took ground School when I was 18 but it took me 20 years to come full circle and get back into flying. Also check out your local EAA chapter cuz there's always pilots that love to get young people involved and I believe there's a program called the Young eagles where they actually take kids up frequently when they have their weekend events.
I can relate Lol
i remember my first solo flight, it was a couple of months ago now, and i loved it. it was such a huge shock because my flight instructor gave me no warning on when my first solo flight might be, and one day i touched down and he said pull onto the grass. and then got out and said youre going solo. then he prerry much shut the door and left me to my devices. It's crzy to think i cant even drive yet but here i am , flying planes all over the place. Nice work Annalynn, and enjoy your life in aviation
Private Pilot and A&P mechanic here, So Watching her SOLO I caught myself exhaling at the same moments and that heavy focus breath where were completely in the zone on our task. I remember every bit of that day and it was exciting to see her do the same. Time to cut that shirt!
So awesome! Wish I had footage of my first solo
i want to fly so fucking bad. it’s literally my dream, life would be complete if i could just pack a bag and go vacay or even just a few touch and gos. i don’t want to commercial fly or anything but small engine planes would be perfect.
@@creamythroat go for it
@@creamythroat We share a name, I wish for you that your dream comes true. I waited 53 years for my dream, never give up.
Biggest fan Trent been watching for years u inspired me to start flying.
@@creamythroat same man same
First solo was mostly filled with thoughts of "I can't believe my instructor has let me loose with a helicopter"
🤣🤣🤣 same here. He asked me, “any questions?” And i said mmmm no. So he just walked away, and i was like really? Did he just leave me here to fly this plane on my own, is he crazy? 🤣🤣🤣. My hands were shaking like crazy. I actually have a video in my channel. Go check it out.
I remember looking right and seeing the empty chair where the instructor usually sits and I went "this is fucking crazy!"
LOL! but you made it.
haha I love everyone's stories, I would have been wigging out too! I'm just an armchair pilot currently though.
LOL yeah I remember thinking I know who is paid up on their plane insurance!
Current student hoping to solo in the next month or so! I literally cried watching your reaction. There’s something so special about seeing a young woman do something mostly men do and doing it SO WELL! Congrats
This brings back too many memories I did my solo in 1979 in a 150. After working in aviation for 38 years I am no longer able to fly myself but that is an experience she will never forget.
My solo was 20 years ago, didn't know I was going to, my instructor says "I'm getting out, go make 3 full stop landings, see you when you get back". I will never forget it!! She did a great job!! Great instructor!
Sounds familiar.
The similar story too.I was 21 :)
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I have to admit that I’m 61 years old and just about shed a tear for Annalynn. It’s clear that she’s comfortable at the controls and that’s a testament to her instructor and not rushing to solo! I was pushed to solo asap by a very good instructor who thought it would be a confidence booster and kicked me out at 7 hours. It did give me confidence but I also didn’t know what I didn’t know. I remember thinking that I hoped my dad was proud and he was but I wish I could have had him teach me, he was a Mustang pilot in WWII. It wasn’t until after he passed away that I got to fly the T-6 and the Mustang and my respect for those young men grew exponentially. It gave me the desire to fly more and I ended up loving aerobatics enough that I bought a Pitts before getting my tail wheel endorsement. Flying tail draggers improved my landings in conventional gear planes but I don’t see it helping Annalynn much! Good job young lady!!!! Thanks for sharing this video!!!
If you can soft land a wheel dragger, you can land anything. God bless your dad and his service to our country in the ARMY AIR CORPS (Europe) Those guys are all heros in my book.
I soloed when I had about 9 hours of dual instruction.
It WAS really great to see her so comfortable with the plane! I got booted out at around 8 hrs. but that was tons of yrs. ago at Embry Riddle Aero. Univ. and then EVERYBODY was soloing with under 10. I was shocked to hear she was working on it for so long but I think it’s wise as she’s younger, parents own the plane so they obviously can afford the instruction and in the long run, what’s the rush? Practice makes perfect!
@@elizabethswartz443 Exactly. Well said!
@@182markt Aw - my dad was in the Army Air Corps, too (China/Burma/India Theater). Sure miss ya, pop.
My first solo is tomorrow! I’ve been watching you since Anna was first starting on her first flight with you!!! Congratulations and hope my first solo goes as well as you’re first solo🎉
how was it ?
i just had my first proper lesson today, literally this morning and all be it in a flexwing microlight it was still absolutely the best feeling ever. being in the front seat for the first time with unobstructed view, at points i forgot my instructor was behind me and i just felt free. now i have been dreading my first solo when i get to that point as i have very low self confidence however videos like this no matter how long ago they was posted as they always convey the same message. Never doubt your ability to do something especially if the person teaching you is confident enough to let you do it yourself. it is this one thing that is getting me over the thought of going solo, my instructor wont let me go for it if he doesnt think i can do it. i truelly cannot wait to finally experience what every pilot you ask says, "you never forget your first solo". flying is my dream and the only thing that currently matters in my life and always has done and i am so looking forward to the beauty and freedom it brings
I'm not crying , YOU'RE CRYING ! Such a beautiful moment
I mean, I got all choked up at the end with her family, so... 🙂
May be among the oldest "soloists" here, as my solo happened at age 18 in 1958. Yep, I am 82 now, but still remember the thrill when my instructor climbed out of the front seat of the Piper J3 Cub and said, "It's yours". I was working at the Melbourne (Fl) FBO as a line-boy - taking part of my pay in flying lessons. My instructor was a one-eyed young fella who had special clearance to instruct - can't remember his name right now - and I shall never forget the anticipation I felt (along with a smidgeon of fear) when I realized that I would not be seeing his back, but would be actually looking out the front of the aircraft.
My son is 12 watching the video reading the comments ,inspired by your comment. Hopefully someday his wish will come true
You have me by 5 years. I flew solo in a C150 my senior year in high school. I went on a a CFII and air charter. I only worked at it half time. The other half was as a science teacher.
Wow! Just watched and congratulations, Annalynn! I’m 64 now but soloed at 16 and still remember it like yesterday. I’m sure you will as well.
I was what they say a ‘quick study’, plus I was so obsessed I had read everything I could get my hands on ( 0:17 😮this was the 70’s, no internet!), so I soloed at 8hrs.
I didn’t know it would be solo day. I just thought it was an hour of pattern work. After a few landings my instructor told me to taxi to the FBO and let him out. I was nervous but so busy not wanting to screw up it was focus over nervousness.
I remember vividly on downwind, with a minute to reflect and looking at that empty right seat, what I was doing. It’s probably still the biggest thrill I’ve had in my entire life.
And I still remember how that little Cessna 150 would get up and go with only my scrawny 150lbs of weight! Wish it was still that way!
My first solo was in a Tiger Moth, in the summer of '71, on a grass strip just outside London.
Sundown; not a breath of air. Came back down light as a feather and the instructor was well pleased.
Then a bunch of us went to the pub to celebrate. One of the best days of my life. I was 24.
I am a 53 year old man who had his first solo at 20 and can see my nerves in this young lady but not enough to interfere. I wasn't able to achieve my commercial license due to my eye sight and after 33 years i am going back this year to fulfill my dream of getting back up solo and owning my own airplane. Wish me luck!
Good luck. Realize your dreams!
Her excitement during the solo is contagious. Great job kid!
I went solo almost four years ago, and it was just amazing. We usually never forget intense moments such as this one
I started training in 2000 at 20 yrs old. Unfortunately life happens and money runs out..I was never able to solo. I decided to do whatever I needed to do to finish getting my private this year in 2023 at 43 yrs old.
I have nothing but the desire and determination at this point, but I’m trusting the Lord to make a way!
Spectacular video and congrats to Annalyn!!! Amazing job!!
You’ll do awesome! Make sure to check out all our resources to help.
Wait, why didn't your parents just buy you an airplane at 16 and get you 2 years of private lessons?
weird
Hey man I’m right there with ya. I started at 16 and money ran out and never got to solo. I’m now 32 and the passed year I finally saved all I need to go get it all done in 1 shot. Hopefully solo by the end of next month!! Planes are just life I love um
Congratulations Anna! That first solo is one of those moments you never forget. I wish I was 16 when I did mine - I was 61.
When I did my first solo I was still reliving it hours later and could not get to sleep.
I was 53. Now at 61 I still get a thrill every time I take off.
Never too late 2 fly 😃
still a great accomplishment!
@@brandibooth One of the greatest I think.
I'm almost tearing up watching this. I can't wait to solo
Many have!
Just almost?!
do it !
I start on friday ❤️ im so happy
Hi
Bringing back memories from my solo in San Luis Obispo, CA back in 1979. This girl handled it a lot better than me. I kept asking my CFI if he was sure that I was ready. Congrats to this young lady.
SLO!
I remember Go SLO (San Luis Obispo) at the football games. @@cessna688
Well done Lady. I remember my 1st Solo well. That first time round takes about 10 mins and in that time you go through just about every emotion. Trepidation as you taxi out to the runway, concentration as you climb away, relief and relaxation on the down wind, concern and more concentration on finals, hope and fear over the threshold, excitement and pure joy on the touch down. A wonderful experience, congratulations and regards, Michael
Never gets old watching young kids solo, someone else quoted in another video “only pilots know that grin” almost 40 years later I still have that grin.
EXACTLY!
I'm sitting at my laptop smiling along side her! Hahaha!
Forty Nine years ago for me and I still remember "that grin."
What is it like less that 1% of the country has flown a plane, we are a rare breed, I smile every time I pull my Wilbur and Orville out of my wallet.
Parents must be bursting with pride. Yes, what a feather in her cap. She did not seem nervous at all. She is a naturally gifted pilot.
No human being is naturally ready to fly unfortunately,
it just takes time, practice, lots of study and a good team behind you.
Congratulations! My solo was many many years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday! I was lucky enough to solo on my birthday and it was by far the best birthday I have ever had. Feeling the airplane jump off the runway without my instructor who happened to be my father I felt the first jolt of excitement. Then as I turned base leg seeing him on the tarmac watching. I greased that first landing and my confidence soared. He finally called me back to pick him up because it was in December and he was freezing on the flight line!
I soloed in 1978, in a 152, at Frederick, MD. A wonderful, exciting flight that led to a lifetime of incredible memories.
Flying on magical winter nights, with the air fat with lift. No sky, no horizon, no ground…just black velvet dotted with random pinpoints of light that are stars and towns. Runways magically emerging from low clouds. St Elmos fire dancing around propeller tips. Landings on grass so smoothly that you have to look over to see if the wheels are rolling. Dancing around golden cumulus puffs at sunset while the ground below is enveloped with dusk. My toddler son laughing and clapping and shouting with joy at the water splashes on his window during an amphibious landing.
My Dad taught me to fly in a J-3, in 1945, still is fun.. 22 years a navy aircrew. my last civilian flight was 2018, N3934V.
Thank you for your service to our country, sir!
You had to have started out with your dad pulling on your shirt to give you direction. People like you are what continues to make America great! I get to fly a friends J3 now and again. It is nice to slow down and take a look around this wonderful planet albeit from 1000 feet AGL.
Thank you for your servise
My first solo was back in June, I shouted of joy in downwind, then in July i had a mayday landing due to engine loss of power, landed on a dirt field near the city, zero damages and zero injuries, shouted again for being alive! And liked aviation even more! Working on my CPL.
That’s a story that gets you hired at a reserve or ANG unit
@@jakeesco4573 fingers crossed!
LOL Ask me about the list of flight-related emergencies I was part of my first 120 hours! I began thinking my flying future was jinxed! Fortunately none directly life-threatening and no property damage (for me personally at least) but too many to remember unless I write them all down. . .
She was enjoying is so much, but she was always aware and in control. She's gonna be a good pilot.
Such an inspiration! Love to see young people focused on doing great things. Congrats to her, and wishing her safe travels.
My first solo was 50 years ago this month in a 150. Had no idea I would be soloing that day. Finished my lesson and after we stopped my instructor got out and said something like "Okay take it around." I said "Around where?" He said "Around the pattern." I distinctly remember saying "What! Now?! Alone?!" "Yep." One of the highlights of my life. Loved watching this video.
Valentine's Day 1978. I was 25 years old. Going solo was one of the most incredible feelings I have ever experienced! No one will ever know that kind of feeling reserved only for pilots. Proud of your accomplishment Annalynn.😊
awesome, thanks for sharing
CONGRATS Annalynn! I'm turning 49 years of age Oct 27th and am taking my first "discovery flight" step on my birthday to pursue something I have longed to do for MANY MANY years now!.... Life goes by very rapidly, I'm glad you leaped into this at an early age! WISH ME LUCK!!!
How is it?
brings a joyful tear to the eye to see her smile and realizing she has done it. Great job Anna!
My first solo was at Jacksonville NAS. After a few times around the pattern, my instructor told me to taxi back to the hanger because he had to go to the bathroom. He got out, turned around and said to go around the pattern 3 times then come back and get me and don’t break my plane! I didn’t break the plane!
Stall alarm on as she touched down. Perrrrfect.
I know it’s proper to produce stall warning when landing but I like to grease it in fast .
I see the delight in this young girl's face.. gives me a huge smile.. Anyone who says today's kids are all goofy needs to see this clip.God bless you Annalynn, and also to the instructor
My solo was 1969 your flight brought back so many memories ❤
Long time ago!
My first solo was almost 25 years ago and this still brought a tear to my eye. Watching this made me want to go fly some laps in a 152 :-)
Although my solo 26 yrs ago didn't involve a 'spinny noisy fan thing' I too had a tear in my eye watching this.
@@flym0 I wish I had money to buy and fly a plane lol. Geuss I'll stick with cars they're a bit cheaper
@@Mck499 I was just very fortunate having a Royal Navy gliding club near to my shore base when in Portsmouth.
I have an inheritance coming in in two weeks time and will be booking a surprise trial powered flight for my 14 yr old son. I'm kinda hoping he doesn't enjoy it too much ... - LOL
@@flym0 The stall alarm?
@@georux6783 a glider has it built in. It's called shakey wings 😁
IDK why but this made me cry a little.
Nice to know I wasn't the only one.
Way to go girl. What a great job you did. I’m 73 yrs old and this brings back many memories of the day when I was 16 and my late Uncle Elvie turned me loose for my first solo in his Cherokee. Hope you have many, many years of flying experiences ahead of you!
Love this video! I did my solo a month ago, and and a couple flights away from my checkride. You seem exactly like I was, all excited, then down to business when it mattered, then excited again. Was euphoric the rest of the day, couldn’t wait to go back up the next morning! Hope your training has gone well and you’re still just as excited about it!
I just did my first solo on Friday. 51 yrs old. I felt like a kid. I'm proud for you Annalynn! Let the adventures begin!
My instructor was 230 lbs and, when he got out of the Cessna 150 I was training in, it was like flying a different airplane! It really did take off "like a rocket" I had to work to get it back down. My most vivid memory was "well... it's now up to ONLY me to get this thing back on the ground." This was really a great video to watch. Congratulations on your first solo anniversary Annalynn!
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You never ever forget your 1ST SOLO!!
I'm a 16000 hour retired airline type, it's really fun to see the enthusiasm these kids have when they get through their first solo!! FUN!
I'm north of age 50 and just restarted my training after a 29 year 'pause.' With any luck my first solo will be in a few weeks. :)
My moral support 👍
Good luck Sir
Awesome Christopher! I'll be 50 soon and I first started my training when I was 23. Had to also put it on "pause" for about 20 years to raise some kids but started back up and completed all my training about 6 years ago. One of the best decisions I've ever made was to get back to training. I'm much older, wiser and financially able now than I was when I was in my early twenties which makes flying so much more fun. Best of luck to you and I'm sure you'll do great!
I'm in my early 60s and thinking the same thing, I have a private glider license but never finished my power after 60 hours and close to 200 hours in sailplanes, if I never did anything but touch and goes that would be enough, nothing like shooting landings.
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2021 will be better than 2020....
Happy new year!
I am jealous, happy, and proud of this person all at the same time.
Fantastic. You can see her confidence grow thanks to a great instructor’s guidance
Congratulations Little lady I hope you are enjoying your ppl and seeing all the great places this beautiful planet has to offer. Thanks for taking us along with you on your first Solo flight.
I was 51 when I solo'd. The "wow, I'm flying alone moment" occurred on the downwind looking over at the airport. Congrats Annalynn! Enjoy a lifetime of flying!
Iam not a pilot but my dad had a small plane when I was a kid in the 60's, he passed away in 1974. Recently I found his first log book and found when he soloed in 1957. The N number showed up as a Taylorcraft BC12d tail dragger and it was in the Evergreen air museum in Hood River Oregon. I went to the museum and sure enough there was the plane. One of the caretakeres of the museum took a pic of the log book....he said quite a few others have done the same thing. Congrats on you solo Annalynn....great job....V1 Rotate........
Sweet!
Wow that's awesome. I like stories like that!
I live in oregon and learned to fly from my dad in our 1946 t craft. My grandfather used to own a b-17 and it is currently at an air museum in Florida!
Congratulations! This video brought back lots of memories. I remember my first solo, my instructor told me to taxi to the tower and got out and didn’t tell me that he was going to solo me. I don’t remember having such a thrill. I was 22 years old at the time. I’m 63 now. I did continue flying became a flight instructor, a commercial pilot, until eventually I got my ATP. I retired early. The best of luck to you and always fly safe.
First solo was almost 40 years ago and I still remember it like it was yesterday. Amazing. Congratulations to Annalynn ..........
Solo'd this week! Simply the most amazing feeling, taking off there is no choice but to land! And without my CFI, it was quiet in the plane, talked myself through the process. Best feeling ever.
I dont even remember the first 30 seconds of my first solo, I was so nervous! :D I gess happened the same with you guys but my instructor didn't tell me that my first solo gonna happen right now, he just said after a check round that "OK drop me out in the front of the tower and you go alone, be nice!" Never forget!
Ditto on mine!
Same here. Towards the end of the lesson he hopped out and told me to do one circuit and land. Very nervous, but told myself he wouldn’t have got out if he wasn’t confident of getting the plane back in one piece! So proud when I landed!
Seems to be par for the course. They’ll never tell you and just get out and say “ take it around for one circuit and full stop”. That’s how it happened for me. I also reminded him to stay clear of the propeller as he deplaned. It was easy and didn’t actually dawn on me until on the downwind leg that it was the first time I’d ever been alone in a plane at height. Slightly weird feeling and then there’s things to do and the training takes over.
Mine said, "That was a nice landing, in fact such a good landing that I think you should go do another one by yourself" 😁 Never will forget that
Same thing bro, I had an idea but she was just like go ahead and drop me off on the ramp, lol, I remember taking off and just thinking welp, I should probably start think about landing.
Wow it’s been well over 2 years since my first solo but this tugs on my heart strings for sure, what a moment!!
This video brought me back to my first solo some 30+ years ago (1991 or so). So long ago, but I can still remember it like it was yesterday. Cessna 150, county airport, uncontrolled FBO. And her experience played out almost exactly as mine did. My instructor did 3 touch-n-go's with me to make sure I was on top of things that day. Then I dropped him off and he let me do my three solo landings. It's hard to describe to people the mixture of excitement and apprehension with your first solo. Once your gear lifts off from the ground and you start climbing, that is when reality really sits in. You realize that putting the aircraft back onto the runway safely is all on you. You immediately become a little sweaty... hence the long tradition of cutting the back out of your solo shirt.
And my three solos went about like Annalynn's. The very first landing was a little rough, but then the next two I settled in and had some much smoother landings. Like I said, I think that very first landing, you have so much adrenaline pumping through you, and your mind is almost over thinking everything you are doing... even though your instructor should have already instilled most of the visual memory and muscle memory that you need.
Oh, and speaking of the solo shirt, it felt good to see that the cutting of the shirt tradition is still happening all of these years later. I still have the rest of my solo shirt, minus the missing back, that I have kept as a keepsake all of these years later.
Congratulations, Annalynn. And welcome to the club.
Im an airline pilot and the father of a young girl who is obsessed with flying so thank you for this amazing video. Congrats Annalynn, brilliant job, beat the hell out of my first solo landing.
Boy, does that take me back! No one forgets their first solo. Belated congratulations AnnaLynn! That second landing was awwwesssome!!
Congratulations! I’ve shared this with my daughter would have loved to have had this kind of footage of her first solo flight! I have no words to describe how proud of her I am !
Congratulations Annalynn, you seemed very relaxed… must have been a great instructor. I'm 67 and nearing my first solo. I hope I'm as calm as you!
always amazes me how calm pilot instructors are when talking students through things. That cannot be easy to keep the panic out of your voice and fighting the urge to grab the controls.
Oh boy, some instructors are like that. On my first circuit I made a really hard landing after a balloon and the instructor looked to me super pissed off, it was a super uncomfortable lesson. Although I’ve had 2 flights with him since and it’s a lot better since I’m a lot better at flying but yeah when I do, do something wrong he does raise his voice, which doesn’t really get to me but it might really damage students confidence having someone who mainly points out what they did wrong and mad about it.
Military flight instructors are nervous in the service and scream and holler and take controls away from students all the time. One or two mistakes, unless it's a woman or minority student, and the student will fail and the instructor will prevail. 🤑🤢🤮🤓🧐
@@jamesburns2232 Unless it's a woman or a minority? WTH is that all about? By all means - let's get those unqualified women and minority pilots up in the air, flying multi-million/billion dollar military aircraft dangerously!
My first instructor was a Korean era combat pilot, Charlie. A little guy, mean as they come and nothing was right, so I moved to another airport, ran into Barb, she was as opposite of Charlie as one could get, patient and provided information and feedback as needed. Then she moved out of state and Mark came along. Great guy, was fun to fly with.
@@jondear772 Do you know where Barb moved to, and what her new address is?
Haha this makes me chuckle. "I'm having such a good time, oh, I'm not on center line at all". I had those same small out loud talks to myself on my first solo and continue to do it even with my private. Glad to see her enthusiasm for aviation!
Also, my first solo was planned, but it was still awesome. I was able to have my family and friends there to watch and it was awesome. All of my landings were pure BUHUTTER even though my heart about flew out of my chest. It was the perfect day and I'll always remember it.
That made me laugh too
Yeah same for me haha, I was like « this is your captain speakin » 😂
Same here. I was talking to myself the entire time.
Our God is an Awesome God. He created the entire universe and everyone and everything in it. How Awesome is it that Jesus Christ died on a cross to save us from our sins. Nowadays everyone and everything is awesome. Guess that makes God and Jesus Christ, just alright, as the 70's song goes.
I love how you mentjoned youve been working with her for a few years. Because i keep pressiring myself to get it all done asap. This has helped me calm down and relax
He is a very good teacher, all of his students, from all
of his videos, all
do a great job.
I solo'ed 47 years ago and watching this brought it all back and made me a little teary.....
1993 was my first solo. Turned downwind (after what seemed like cross country to even pass the departure end of the runway) and that’s when I noticed the seatbelt laying across the right seat. What a feeling! It was really happening! Don’t fly anymore but I did go on to earn my multi, commercial, and instrument ratings. This video brought tears to my eyes! Congrats Annalynn! You made my day.
Congrats to both of you and because you take pride in your flight lessons
Congratulations!! Excellent instructor! She looks 100% confident, remarkably safe and phenomenal learner!!
Did my eyes start to water?...no lol. Any who, she was a rockstar! Congrats at that solo! Another milestone achieved!
She's awesome. She did great. And yeah, I get emotional too.
Glad to know I'm not the only one who's eyes watered. Its like excitement but nervousness because I have 20 more hours till solo lol
I'm not crying... you're crying! :D
If you're a dad, a pilot, much less a pilot-dad, your damn eyes watered!
I'm in crying band too :)
From a major airline pilot, Congratulations!! I still remember my first solo about 32 years and 15,000 hour ago. Good instructor as well. Being calm and constructive comments really help the learning. Nicely done both of you.
Great student. She seems to really love flying as well. I have so many memories of my flying days as a young teenager and through the years. Nothing can ever take that love away.
My first solo was when I was 16 years old. It was the coolest thing in the world. Annalynn did a great job! Congrats!
This.... This..... I don't know why I was getting emotional for her. But this is pure gold!!! Great job, young lady!!!
I was too. not sure why.
@@GregFliesVR I was to and dont know why but i was really happy for her and she did a great job. I am a student pilot and only about 5 hrs away from doing my first solo flight and i cant wait.
I'm with you on that..... Just awesome, so pleased for her.
I was too and I'm a 68yo guy.😊
Same, when she took off for the first time right next to them it almost got me
My 17 year old daughter soloed 3 weeks ago on a very cold morning in Rochester MN. It was a day I will never forget. I knew her flight instructor had trained her well. However, as a parent, I had big butterflies as she taxied and took off. Incredible to watch her go!! Congratulations Annalynn!
Had my first flight lesson yesterday, and what an experience. I am looking forward to being able to fly solo, and I'm sure watching everyone else's experiences will be immensely beneficial. Thanks