RE: first solo
It is a definate rush when you can sucecssfully takeof, fly around, and land with no damage, or none visable at least. my first successful landing, was almost at 80mph, my trainer, was in a full dive,due toa radio malfunction, as soon as the plane go back in range, i pulled up, and missed the road by about 1 inch or so, so afraid that the radio was gonna poop out again, i set the plane down, the plane kep rolling, so loong that i hoped in my dads truck, and drove to it, luckily enough, just as i got to it, i ran out of fuel, so i just threw it in the bed and drove back. I replacved my radio battery, and went back up, for another flight, the landing for it was perfect, smooth as silk on a windy day, not even a bounce. But as Terry (redback) says, "welcome to the addiction" this is something you wont get over for a long time.