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PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 4:42 pm
by pilotgallagher01
Today I went for my solo flight in ZK-SON at Tauranga.

Will post some pics up soon.
Man it was awesome

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:42 pm
by HercFeend
pilotgallagher01 wrote:
QUOTE (pilotgallagher01 @ Dec 22 2008, 05:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Today I went for my solo flight in ZK-SON at Tauranga.

Will post some pics up soon.
Man it was awesome



Congrats man. Feels great doesn't it biggrin.gif

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 6:12 pm
by spongebob206
Awesome Mate,

Doesn't the aircraft perform!

Look forward to solo consol.
You might get bored, but it's good learning.

Cheers, congrates and happy flying!

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:27 pm
by chopper_nut
Congrats man, its a good feeling alright.

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 7:29 pm
by Matthew
Well Done biggrin.gif

Its a great feeling ... one that will stay with you for life winkyy.gif

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:29 pm
by pilotgallagher01
Cheers guys, Was a great day and am looking forward to more solo flights coming up

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:32 pm
by pois0n
Just wait for your first solo cross country, thats where the real fun begins biggrin.gif

PostPosted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 11:51 pm
by pilotgallagher01
Here is the video and a pic:


It was funny when I did my last check before I shutdown the engine with the mags" Left-Right-Off- Back to both" the key slipt out and fell on the ground laugh.gif
That's why the prop went all crazy and why I had to restart the engine as you will notice in the vid:

Sorry for the quality but enjoy: Shame the Q300 was in the way sad.gif


Funny as, I just uploaded it and youtube identified it as being copyrighted just because I used a soundtrack with Jack Johnsons- Crying Shame music. laugh.gif
Stupid huh

Note: SON is one of the best planes at the moment, Brand new paint Job, New Engine. Still dosen't fly quite as nice as DAD,KID,MUM but was a good solo machine.

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 6:50 am
by spongebob206
Awesome mate,

Yeah wondered why the restart, thought you couldn't wait for your next flight. Ha ha

Take care and happy flying

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:50 am
by FlyingKiwi
Congratulations, that's something you'll never forget! Oh, and as for the slipping ignition key during the dead cut check, don't worry, that's happened to most of us at some point. dry.gif

PostPosted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 11:04 am
by ardypilot
Big congratulations Chris, what a great achievement! clapping.gif