Congratulations young man on you First Solo. Enjoy a life of flight if you so choose. It's wonderful. Myself. I soloed age 17 on 1stJune1957 @ YMMB Moorabbin, then just as busy but an 'all over grass field' roughly from same spot as you, ie. to the north and also a right circuit in a RVAC DH82 Tiger Moth 'forward stagger wing' biplane, open cockpit, full helmut. goggles & flying suit, secured by 5 point military harness, head almost in airflow, & pilot (PIC) always flew from rear seat (due CofG). (communicated w front instructor or passenger, if any by 'Gosport Tube'). Tigers had tailskid, no brakes, HP slats, 3 degrees of wing sweep, fuel gauge glass tube on top wing, no radio so tower flashed green, white & red, & a big black ball went up & down on tower, All hand starts , climb 58kts, cruise 85kts IAS, glide 58kts. Did full aerobatics including solo spins & 'graveyard' spiral dives. Great feeling though one got zero plaudits as it was seen as "uncool". All instructors WW2 pilots from Aust, UK, Poland, even Germany, & 1 female, the famous Beryl Young [look her up]. Follow your dreams!
Strange line up, Too low on base to final leg. Too high on short final. Pilot induced oscillations after a unstable short final and nose wheel landing. Go around, try again. Otherwise that porpoise is how you crash
I'm curious, did you land or were you shot down?? LOL Just kidding! Great job! Especially for first solo. I've had many botched approaches and landings.
Good job
Congratulations young man on you First Solo. Enjoy a life of flight if you so choose. It's wonderful. Myself. I soloed age 17 on 1stJune1957 @ YMMB Moorabbin, then just as busy but an 'all over grass field' roughly from same spot as you, ie. to the north and also a right circuit in a RVAC DH82 Tiger Moth 'forward stagger wing' biplane, open cockpit, full helmut. goggles & flying suit, secured by 5 point military harness, head almost in airflow, & pilot (PIC) always flew from rear seat (due CofG). (communicated w front instructor or passenger, if any by 'Gosport Tube'). Tigers had tailskid, no brakes, HP slats, 3 degrees of wing sweep, fuel gauge glass tube on top wing, no radio so tower flashed green, white & red, & a big black ball went up & down on tower, All hand starts , climb 58kts, cruise 85kts IAS, glide 58kts. Did full aerobatics including solo spins & 'graveyard' spiral dives. Great feeling though one got zero plaudits as it was seen as "uncool". All instructors WW2 pilots from Aust, UK, Poland, even Germany, & 1 female, the famous Beryl Young [look her up]. Follow your dreams!
beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
so awesome!!!
Well done.
Congrats !
Good job mate
congratulations very good for first solo
Thanks a lot silver_international!
Good boy looking for traffic at all times had a good instructor
Nice work mate! Impressive stuff!
Congrats young man for fulfilling your dream to be come a pilot. God bless.
That's pretty cool Michael Bailey
Awesome first flight, and first video!
Thanks a lot Tim!
What a pleasure VCI is to fly, did my first solo in this one!
Thanks mate! Yes, she sure is...
Congrats on your first solo flight now I guess you will be saving to get your first aircraft.
awesome vid! im 15 and also fly out of moorabbin ap...im doing my first solo in a few weeks!
Thanks heaps mate! Good luck with your solo, its an amazing experience once your airborne. Let me know how it goes :)
Ripper first solo MB! enjoyed your choice of music too...
Thanks Mr Bence!
Strange line up, Too low on base to final leg. Too high on short final. Pilot induced oscillations after a unstable short final and nose wheel landing. Go around, try again. Otherwise that porpoise is how you crash
VCI is a little machine, traded her in for the Oxford 172's though
I'm 15. Am I aloud to start flying. Where about in Moorabbin do I go to start a course?
I'm curious, did you land or were you shot down?? LOL
Just kidding!
Great job! Especially for first solo. I've had many botched approaches and landings.
holy shit that landing should have been a go-around on the first or second bounce
VH-VCI?
Yes sure is!
Very bumpy
Junioraviator25 I thought that!