Finally my first solo flight in Utva 75 aircraft happened today. After 9 hours of flight time in 8 days of training my instructor thought I was capable of flying solo and today stepped out of the airplane for the first time.
I already had a first solo flight when I was in the glider training so this did not hit me with excitement as that one did but it was still incredible. Incredibly good feeling. Piloting that sturdy machine and landing it back safely is such fun.
I did not imagine it will take me only 8 days to fly an airplane, but still I have covered only about 20% of the training. I still have to do a lot of learning, flying routes, navigation, communication. Again it seems overwhelming but at least I am a step closer.
Here is the video of my first solo landing.
And here is the face of the happy man.
Continue reading:
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Hi! My name is Vladimir Prelovac. I am a computer engineer by profession and an adventurer by state of mind.
11 Comments
Not bad for the first time? :)
Did you feel ...scared? Like you are going too fast?
Congratulations Vladimir!
Looks like a smooth landing.
Congratz Vladimir, I know the feeling, did it myself many many years ago
Congratulations!
nice flare there. keep posting the updates. now you have done solo, so no more normal landing for you then?
Dave in airplane the higher you are the safer it is as the pilot has more time to properly react to trouble. Flying 50ft from the ground is considered extremely dangerous. As for the pic, I'll remember the advice for my online dating profile ;)
ps... thats the best picture I have seen of you ,,, you should use it on your homepage.. ( Jane agrees)
Its not so much the plane , its more the height , if you agree to fly 50ft from the floor then you can come and get me .. lol
You will with me, I'm gonna fly over and pick you up :)
Well done my friend, still not going up with you thou... :)