i soloed my first time, last weekend at el mirage dri lake bed, i had the confedence from hours on simulators, and glider flights, zagi style, so i had good cordanation, a couple hard landings, but nothing broke, not even a scrape or anything after 8 flights.

so ive joined the ama, and im gonna start flying at a local area,

i wouldnt recemend it for many people, most my skills i got from a combonation of simulators and flying the zagi type glider at bluffs. tought me alot about stick control and preseption.
but its a thrill the first time the wheels leave the ground.