RE: Anyone ever fly alone???
Yes I have and still do and that is how I basically learned to fly. I have flown for years and the worst I have been hurt is muffler burn or a knuckle prop bite when trying to adjust a needle valve. Both sort of sting a little. I also have never had a flying issue with a plane flying off or going where it should not or anything else where some one else was needed.
Like I said flying alone is how I learned to fly. After my instructor gave me the good to go stamp I flew when ever I could. Some times I flew with a member or two but most times I flew alone. While following all the club rules I spent many an afternoon and evening flying my trainer until I bascially got bored with it. I then built a ACE 4-40 got check out again and with that plane taught myself how to fly.
Flying alone I find relaxing and enjoyable. I can fly at my own pace, how I want to fly and when I want to fly and so forth.
The down side to flying alone
1. Finding a downed plane by yourself is hard.
2. You can get lax on the club rules.
3. You never really learn to follow a pattern.
4. You do not learn how to fly with others.
5. No one there for safety just incase you do get hurt.
6. No one there to help fix stuff
7. And so on