I had a pretty good weekend too. I actually soloed for the first time last week, but I still had my instructor around in case of trouble. This past Sunday, I got to the field and no one was around except one guy flying helicopters. Since it was calm, I decided it was now or never and did some flying without a net, so to speak. I had an absolute blast with the runway all to myself, I was flying my Alpha great, and doing constant touch-and-gos and high-speed, low-level passes.

Unfortunately, a gusty crosswind developed and I decided to ground myself. The instructor I had never really uses the rudder, so I'm still not well-versed in it's use. Looks like I'm going to have to teach myself rudder useage if I want to fly in a crosswind.

Hopefully next weekend is just as much fun!

P.S. OK, I admit it, I have an ulterior motive for this post. I also looking for one of those Solo certificates that get posted here