Montague
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Joined: 4/19/2002
From: Laurel, MD,
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congrats Jorden, and you looked good last night. And you'll learn to recognize a deadstick earlier with practice  .
I know it sometimes drives students crazy, but I tend to solo people based on "gut feel" more than anything else. I just felt that you could control the plane well enough to not be a danger to yourself or others, and that you flew well enough to have a good time and a strong enough foundation that you could build upon.
I'll also admit that what I think you'll do after you solo is something I take in to account. I honestly thought you'd do what you just said, you'd stick on the trainer and keep getting better. Guys who show they grasp how much they don't know yet get soloed faster than guys who don't seem to grasp how much harder some planes are to fly than others.
Basically, if I think you're going to ditch the trainer as soon as you're soloed, I try to make sure you're ready to move from the trainer before you solo. If I think you have the sense and urge to keep getting better on your own, and recognize that more hours on the trainer is the way to make that happen, I tend to solo you earlier so you can learn faster on your own, flying on your schedule rahter than having to keep to the instructor's schedule.
(This kind of thing is why I tend to not like the idea of "solo tests" and why I am usually rather vage when asked "what do I need to do to solo". I've seen plenty of student pilots who were in a hurry to solo and who probably could pass a basic test given enough tries. But it would be more a matter of luck than skill, and I wouldn't be confident that they'd be safe over all).
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