Well it's done now. Good and proper. I'm completely free of that leash known as the buddy cord. I am now fully fledged, licenced and non-provisional.

I did my bronze wings test. Trimmed the plane, dead stick landing, recover from stall, procedure turns and the approach from both ends. And passed with satisfactory colours!

It feels good. Good to be able to go down to the club and fly whenever I want. Well.....not for a while actually. When I got home I tripped over the dog and crunched my horizontal stab into a brick wall.

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But it was still a successful solo flight so I'm mostly happy!

Thanks to RCU fellas for all ur help and support. I'm yet to assess the damage but I'm hopeful that it can be repaired.

Cheers

dy