MY FIRST SOLO (PPL) NORWICH AIRPORT.

My first solo circuit (Sep 2021).
Excuse the profanity and my chat but talking it through definitely helped with the anxiety of flying solo for the first time. A few mistakes made looking back at this video, for some reason I said out loud there would be a left turn out on the climb knowing full well I was turning right... I also struggled to maintain 1000ft agl on downwind due to not setting the trim correctly.
It's a flight I'll always remember and it's great to have it on video.
It was a RH circuit from 27 at Norwich.
OAT 32C.

[@Vondoodle]

lol I can imagine the stress and well done 🎉

[@FlyIW]

I think that feeling of the nose wheel settling on my first solo still trumps the examiner telling me I’d passed my skills test!

[@tompryor_]

I'd agree also nothing will come close to the feeling of lifting off for the first time on your own!

[@Vondoodle]

Haha .. that’s the one I flew today

[@toddgilbey3979]

Amazing, brings back many happy memories. Nice one on completing the solo. 😊

[@tompryor_]

Thank you, it'll be something I'll always remember. Funny looking back at it now with an extra 60 hours in the bag.

[@meganmay2205]

Congrats on not dying 😂

[@tompryor_]

yes a job well done! haha

[@WillSmith-kz6tr]

How many hours did it take you to get to this point?

[@tompryor_]

I think roughly 16 hours for the first solo. I did the PPL in 65 hours in the end as was held up with remaining ground school exams which I had neglected.