I watched this 9 months ago, and couldn't find it again. It was the "Dad I need you to leave" that I kept looking for!!! Nicely done Sarah. Hope you always have fair skies!!
There is just something special about seeing a young lady achieving this milestone and not hiding her joy and excitement. Boys tend to be more restrained, but the smile on that young face and the honesty in her clear but nervous delight, made my day. Well done Sarah, may you always have clear skies and no turbulance.
i know ! i can feel the joy even just by watching h er through the computer screen, heh im a guy but i still have that wide shit-eating grin on my face when i fly, i just enjoy it immensely it makes me happy, so i know by the time i solo, im gonna be all wide eyed smile like some overgrown toddler or such haha XD , samefor as i meet those next steps: instrument rating, commercial, etc. i would love to tel people, dont be afraid to show the joy, you've earned it !
@@sarahthepilot Great job Sarah well done but as Daniel suggests keep your hand on the throttle in the circuit. Enjoy the rest of your flying training and future flying.
@@pesto12601 she's SIXTEEN on her FIRST solo...trust me, the nerves can get to you and you can forget some stuff. Not a big deal. She'll learn and get better. Great job Sarah!!
Just when I was wondering if all teenage girls are pierced, cussing up a storm, and never smiling. This is a treat.. and this kid has virtue oozing from her heart. Daddy be proud
Great job Kido... I soloed 55 years ago in Brazil in a Piper Cherokee when I was 16... the thrill is still alive!!! Congratulations to you and your instructor The very best to you!
This popped up as a recommended video to watch, I solo'd 5 years ago at 60, instrument at 61 and at 62 flew from Kansas to the Bahamas. I didn't have any "in-plane" footage of my solo, but my family filmed from the ground. Your solo is a day you will remember more so than when you get your PPL, as that's the day you officially became a pilot, keep at it, good luck and God Bless!
@@InsaneMetalSoldier Don't give up . . . My only regret is that I didn't start at 32-HA! its all about perspective, you have MANY years of flying ahead of you! God Bless and keep me posted on your journey!!!
Nice!!! I'm considering changing careers, would love to be a charter pilot as a career. While I'm not 60 yet, I thought I was getting too old to make such a huge career change but you've inspired me! I took my intro flight last weekend, it was awesome!!
Sarah!!! I am so proud of you. Your smiling face tells it all. Such a huge accomplishment for anyone, so much more for a 16 year old. Keep chasing your dreams and may your skies always be blue and smooth.💙✈️
Great job young lady. Congratulations! Welcome to the family of pilots. You will find, if you haven't already, that we are all a welcoming family unique in this day and age. No matter what you do in life, no matter the highs or the lows, no matter where life takes you- you are now and will forever be a pilot. We're all very proud of you.
Sarah…..so impressed! You did wonderful! You did not seem a bit nervous. Such a smooth touchdown. As a couple of others said, keep your hand on the throttle when landing in case you need to go around. I would be so proud if you were my daughter. I am so happy for you. Now, please post more videos of you so we can see more. I am always happy to see young females get their pilots license. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job Young Lady. Great landing. I still remember my 1st solo way back in 1974. I had 5.5 total hours and I was 15. I had to do 4 touch and goes however. Keep on flying Girl✈️
@@sarahthepilot i am also a commercial pilot i did my training in USA are you from USA ? Very nice landing👋👋👋👍👍💅💅🛩🛩✈✈ and i heard a stall warning as well 😆😆
For me, even though I was solo, I could hear my instructor in my head, so to speak. The aircraft handled a bit different, but he might as well have been the plane with me. It took me a while for me to really feel as though I was alone.
Hey nice work, Sarah. A flight no pilot ever forgets. I remember sending a young lady first solo on the day of her 16th birthday. Dad was under the tower with a handy cam on a tripod filming it. All the best with your aviation career.
Nice! Brought back memories of my first solo in '83. I was 28 years old at the time, but I remember every detail of the flight as though it happened yesterday. I'm sure you'll never forget this event.
@@mariahmedina6121 I went on the get a flight instructor rating in 1987. Here's a video of a girl I soloed on her 14th birthday in a glider. th-cam.com/video/PMG1trzznHg/w-d-xo.html She completed her private pilot airplane rating when she was 17.
Congrats! Omg with the family and everyone watching too. Wow. I’m not sure my mom will be watching my first solo. No kids or plans to but I couldn’t imagine how your parents felt. I imagine a conflict between an unbelievably proud and equality nerve wracking moment. Lol. Best wishes on the rest of your journey. Your in a great place. I couldn’t even imagine flying an airplane when I was 16. Your in an incredible position.
Congratulations Sarah. You accomplished something you can really be proud of. And you did it with distinction. It takes me back to when I did mine. It was something I never forgot. As the PIC you were in complete control. My heart is happy for you. Always fly smart, and you will always fly safe. Cheers! Bruce🙂❤
Congrats Sarah, nicely done!! Huge accomplishment at 16. Will be doing my first solo cross-country in a couple weeks if the weather permits (fingers crossed). Keep up the great training!
I will give you the same advice an examiner gave me 46 years ago at 16. "Never be happy with 'Good Enough'. Be your biggest critic. Make the airplane do what you want it to, not what it wants to do." It has served me well in military and airline operations as well as in my light single floatplane. Congratulations and welcome to the club!
I have been putting myself off taking flying lessons for a couple of years now. This video is pushing me back in the right direction. It would be a marked achievement. Watching Sarah contain her excitement to concentrate on flying, at least until she had landed, is an absolute inspiration. Thank you for sharing this experience.
Cool, Sarah. Well done. Brings my memories back, first solo 20'000 hours ago... Keep the blue side up! You can be proud of yourself, your instructor and your parents. Regards from a Swiss 747-8 driver in far east. ✈
Hey Sarah, well done on your first solo. Brings back memories of mine, something you never forget. Hope the rest of your training goes as well. Nice to see a young lady taking to the sky.
Congratulations Sarah. such an accomplishment. You were cool and calm during the whole video. it is amazing to be able to record such an achievement. Now to the next step of working toward your PPL. I'll bet a lot of your friends are envious right now. Great job!
Congratulations Sarah ! I soloed many years ago and only my instructor was present and he was the only one that knew I was going to solo. I think that was for me less stressful. As I look at all the people that were present (and waiting for you to solo) I realize how well you handled all that stress. Very good.
Congratulations grl!!! Welcome to the club. I see a bright future ahead for you with one of the big airlines. I’m sure they will be watching you. I especially loved the beginning when she said “dad I need you to leave” lol!!! That’s what she will be saying when she goes for her dates in future. Great job on the solo! You kept your cool even though you were containing a smile from ear to ear. Brings back so many good memories!
Great job Sarah, back when i was learning i was forbidden to use my right hand on the yoke, keeping that hand free to do all the other jobs. It was dificult because there’s a handle there so i naturally held it until one day my male instructor very gently took my hand off the yoke and put it on my knee, gave it a little squeeze, smiled at me and blew me a kiss. Brilliant teaching technique, i never ever put my right hand on the yoke again LOL 😂
Good girl!! Well done for refusing that second circuit, Captain👍 As the others have said keep hand on throttle during takeoff and landing,cat least until you don't need it any more. A nice well rounded flight, very smooth. Very cool take off and smoothest landing..👍
EXCELLENT! Great Job Sarah! It reminds me of my first solo, except no one was there besides my instructor. Enjoy the good feelings, keep flying and happy landings!
So this cropped up in my YT feed and I really enjoyed it! Great job, although I'm not a pilot but love flying. Makes me want to learn! I'm sure your dad and family are so proud. The skies the limit from now on! Best wishes from the UK.
Awesome! I'm based at DKX now and did my first solo there also (9/9/2009), so this was soooo cool to see you living your dream at the same field! So excited to follow your channel now!
When you were sitting in the plane before takeoff you liked like a kid to me (I'm 60) but, after you took off you and were flying you liked like a confident young adult. Great job...congrats!
I still remember my first solo like it was yesterday, complete with the shirt-cutting and the soapy water dumped over my head. Your landing was far better than mine was (and far better than some of mine continue to be!).
"Dad, I need you to leave." I knew she was going to nail this. She was ready...even tho dad might not have been. Good father. Great pilot.
Congratulations young lady! My first solo was late 70’s and i no longer fly. Stay safe, stay calm and never forget, once a pilot always a pilot!
I watched this 9 months ago, and couldn't find it again. It was the "Dad I need you to leave" that I kept looking for!!! Nicely done Sarah. Hope you always have fair skies!!
There is just something special about seeing a young lady achieving this milestone and not hiding her joy and excitement. Boys tend to be more restrained, but the smile on that young face and the honesty in her clear but nervous delight, made my day. Well done Sarah, may you always have clear skies and no turbulance.
Thank you so much!
@@sarahthepilot ✈ You're welcome pet..
i know ! i can feel the joy even just by watching h er through the computer screen, heh im a guy but i still have that wide shit-eating grin on my face when i fly, i just enjoy it immensely it makes me happy, so i know by the time i solo, im gonna be all wide eyed smile like some overgrown toddler or such haha XD , samefor as i meet those next steps: instrument rating, commercial, etc. i would love to tel people, dont be afraid to show the joy, you've earned it !
CONGRATULATIONS! I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I SOLOED, I NEEDED TWO PEOPLE TO HELP ME CLEAN OUT MY PANTS!
YOU DONE GOOD!
@@sarahthepilot Great video. Too bad we couldn't hear your voice.
I remember my first so many years ago.. it never gets old. You did amazing. Congrats
Great job! But keep your hand on the throttle during approach, flare and touchdown... this will reduce your reaction time in case of go around :)
Thank you!!
@@sarahthepilot Great job Sarah well done but as Daniel suggests keep your hand on the throttle in the circuit. Enjoy the rest of your flying training and future flying.
Not a pilot here but even I noticed that mistake ... thought this is drilled into a student by the instructor every time they fly?
@@pesto12601 she's SIXTEEN on her FIRST solo...trust me, the nerves can get to you and you can forget some stuff. Not a big deal. She'll learn and get better. Great job Sarah!!
Also 2 hands on the yoke tends to cause over controlling
Just when I was wondering if all teenage girls are pierced, cussing up a storm, and never smiling. This is a treat.. and this kid has virtue oozing from her heart. Daddy be proud
11:34 OMG that grin on her face! Priceless
Great job Kido... I soloed 55 years ago in Brazil in a Piper Cherokee when I was 16... the thrill is still alive!!! Congratulations to you and your instructor The very best to you!
This popped up as a recommended video to watch, I solo'd 5 years ago at 60, instrument at 61 and at 62 flew from Kansas to the Bahamas. I didn't have any "in-plane" footage of my solo, but my family filmed from the ground. Your solo is a day you will remember more so than when you get your PPL, as that's the day you officially became a pilot, keep at it, good luck and God Bless!
I'm 32 and I was thinking of giving up! thankssssssssssssssss
@@InsaneMetalSoldier
Don't give up . . . My only regret is that I didn't start at 32-HA! its all about perspective, you have MANY years of flying ahead of you!
God Bless and keep me posted on your journey!!!
Nice!!! I'm considering changing careers, would love to be a charter pilot as a career. While I'm not 60 yet, I thought I was getting too old to make such a huge career change but you've inspired me! I took my intro flight last weekend, it was awesome!!
@@mikethompson7406
Never gets old!!!
@@Parr4theCourse Thanks for the inspiring words man! I'm 14 right now and I can't wait to start flight school when I'm older, it's my dream to fly!
Sarah!!! I am so proud of you. Your smiling face tells it all. Such a huge accomplishment for anyone, so much more for a 16 year old. Keep chasing your dreams and may your skies always be blue and smooth.💙✈️
Greetings from America 🇺🇸
How are you
Great solo, Sarah... very proud of you!!!
Cutest pilot I've ever seen.
Great job young lady. Congratulations! Welcome to the family of pilots. You will find, if you haven't already, that we are all a welcoming family unique in this day and age. No matter what you do in life, no matter the highs or the lows, no matter where life takes you- you are now and will forever be a pilot. We're all very proud of you.
I echo the sentiment ❤Congratulations Sarah and God Bless you and your family ❤.
I love seeing young ladies take interest in flying, we need more of them. Congratulations Sarah, Fly Safe.
Way to go Sarah! That was amazing to watch & as a parent terrifying! 😆🤩🥰
Dad... I need you to leave as daughter kicks dad out of the nest.
Sarah…..so impressed! You did wonderful! You did not seem a bit nervous. Such a smooth touchdown. As a couple of others said, keep your hand on the throttle when landing in case you need to go around. I would be so proud if you were my daughter. I am so happy for you. Now, please post more videos of you so we can see more. I am always happy to see young females get their pilots license. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for the tip!! I will definitely work on making more videos
Nice job Young Lady. Great landing. I still remember my 1st solo way back in 1974. I had 5.5 total hours and I was 15. I had to do 4 touch and goes however. Keep on flying Girl✈️
I have no idea who is this girl. TH-cam recommended this video. But I’m so happy for her. I can’t imagine how exited is a solo flight. Well done!!!!!
Thank you!!!
@@sarahthepilot i am also a commercial pilot i did my training in USA are you from USA ? Very nice landing👋👋👋👍👍💅💅🛩🛩✈✈ and i heard a stall warning as well 😆😆
For me, even though I was solo, I could hear my instructor in my head, so to speak. The aircraft handled a bit different, but he might as well have been the plane with me. It took me a while for me to really feel as though I was alone.
Amazing…!!! Same here !!! I will become a pilot one day ! Thank you Sarah for inspiring others !! Best of luck …..
Fantastic job and welcome to the club. Keep you right hand on the throttle during the short approach and flare.
Great job Sarah. You never forget your first solo!
Hey nice work, Sarah. A flight no pilot ever forgets. I remember sending a young lady first solo on the day of her 16th birthday. Dad was under the tower with a handy cam on a tripod filming it.
All the best with your aviation career.
Massive congratulations Sarah! You did amazing!
Congratulations Sarah. Nice landing. First solo is a big accomplishment.
I remember my solo at a field similar to that one. Brought back memories. Can be nerve racking but you did great. Congrats Sarah! Happy flying.
Nice! Brought back memories of my first solo in '83. I was 28 years old at the time, but I remember every detail of the flight as though it happened yesterday. I'm sure you'll never forget this event.
Good to know Lol
@@mariahmedina6121 I went on the get a flight instructor rating in 1987. Here's a video of a girl I soloed on her 14th birthday in a glider. th-cam.com/video/PMG1trzznHg/w-d-xo.html She completed her private pilot airplane rating when she was 17.
Congrats! Omg with the family and everyone watching too. Wow. I’m not sure my mom will be watching my first solo. No kids or plans to but I couldn’t imagine how your parents felt. I imagine a conflict between an unbelievably proud and equality nerve wracking moment. Lol. Best wishes on the rest of your journey. Your in a great place. I couldn’t even imagine flying an airplane when I was 16. Your in an incredible position.
Congratulations Sarah. You accomplished something you can really be proud of. And you did it with distinction. It takes me back to when I did mine. It was something I never forgot. As the PIC you were in complete control. My heart is happy for you. Always fly smart, and you will always fly safe. Cheers! Bruce🙂❤
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Congrats Sarah, nicely done!! Huge accomplishment at 16. Will be doing my first solo cross-country in a couple weeks if the weather permits (fingers crossed). Keep up the great training!
Good job, young lady! You're on your way to the adventure of a lifetime to come....awesome.
Great job young lady!! Thank you for allowing us on this historic journey of yours.
I will give you the same advice an examiner gave me 46 years ago at 16. "Never be happy with 'Good Enough'. Be your biggest critic. Make the airplane do what you want it to, not what it wants to do." It has served me well in military and airline operations as well as in my light single floatplane. Congratulations and welcome to the club!
I have been putting myself off taking flying lessons for a couple of years now. This video is pushing me back in the right direction. It would be a marked achievement. Watching Sarah contain her excitement to concentrate on flying, at least until she had landed, is an absolute inspiration. Thank you for sharing this experience.
Hell yeah! I am 16 and I’ll be soloing over this summer! Aviation is such an amazing thing
Amazing to see you Awe! what an accomplishment, may God bless you in your aviation career.
Cool, Sarah. Well done. Brings my memories back, first solo 20'000 hours ago...
Keep the blue side up! You can be proud of yourself, your instructor and your parents.
Regards from a Swiss 747-8 driver in far east. ✈
*+Socal Islander* If you look up the terms "74Gear", "Kelsey" and watch the videos... you might hear that phrase more often.💙🤍
I am in ground school now I’m naturally an A&P mechanicIf you have any recommendations for a good school please let me know
Congrats Sarah. Totally AWESOME!
How i remember my first solo. Always brings smile to my face seeing first solo videos. Happy blue skies sarah the pilot!!!
Hey Sarah, well done on your first solo. Brings back memories of mine, something you never forget. Hope the rest of your training goes as well. Nice to see a young lady taking to the sky.
You go girl! That was an awesome flight. Congratulations Sarah!
Excellent job Sarah. Took me back to my first solo. What a extra special day. One you never ever forget! (Larry-Colorado)
OUTSTANDING Sarah!!! Congratulations! WELL DONE!
Outstanding Sarah, your enthusiasm is contagious.
Outstanding job Sarah, I hope you have many more!
First solo: surreal and nerve wracking but also the most exhilirating feeling ever!
Congratulations Sarah. Keep on flying and learning.
I'm so proud of you Sarah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is really special ! PEACE TO THE WORLD !
Biggest support group there. Congrats Capt. That was awesome.
Great job girl! Thanks for taking us along.
Great job! First solo is one of the best memories of flight training!
Your smile says it all. Congratulations young lady and welcome to the pilot family
Fantastic! A day you will always remember. Keep up the good work, and never stop learning.
Great accomplishment, Sarah... well done! It will be a moment you will never forget... very proud of you!!!
Wonderful, Sarah, really well done!
SUCH an awesome job!!! Love it!
Congratulations Sarah. such an accomplishment. You were cool and calm during the whole video. it is amazing to be able to record such an achievement. Now to the next step of working toward your PPL. I'll bet a lot of your friends are envious right now. Great job!
Congratulations Sarah !
I soloed many years ago and only my instructor was present and he was the only one that knew I was going to solo. I think that was for me less stressful. As I look at all the people that were present (and waiting for you to solo) I realize how well you handled all that stress. Very good.
Well done Sarah, and here's to many happy and exciting hours flying in the future -- your smile said it all !!!
So many indeed that's true
Congrats!! you are amazing
Sarah!
Massive congratulations! If you can handle the pressure of a solo flight at 16, you've got a bright future ahead of you :)
When I was learning to fly 40 years ago, one of my instructors was a young lady like yourself 18 years old and very competent too - go for it Sarah!
Congratulations grl!!! Welcome to the club.
I see a bright future ahead for you with one of the big airlines.
I’m sure they will be watching you.
I especially loved the beginning when she said “dad I need you to leave” lol!!!
That’s what she will be saying when she goes for her dates in future.
Great job on the solo! You kept your cool even though you were containing a smile from ear to ear.
Brings back so many good memories!
Great job Sarah! A memory that you will cherish forever. I remember mine at 16 yrs old as well! Enjoy!
Brilliant young lady to accomplish this at 16 great years ahead of you your father will be so proud of his little princess
ADORABLE... THAT SMILE IS SUPER
Great solo!
She looks like a natural aviator.
Congratulations!!!!! So perfect 🤩 great job
Great job Sarah, back when i was learning i was forbidden to use my right hand on the yoke, keeping that hand free to do all the other jobs. It was dificult because there’s a handle there so i naturally held it until one day my male instructor very gently took my hand off the yoke and put it on my knee, gave it a little squeeze, smiled at me and blew me a kiss. Brilliant teaching technique, i never ever put my right hand on the yoke again LOL 😂
Congratulations, that is such a great accomplishment at 16, keep working hard on your training, you are going to be a great pilot.
Thank you!!!
That was sooo cool! I smiled the whole time you were flying. Congratulations!
You need to keep smiling for her
Congrats Sarah, amazing first solo!
Good girl!! Well done for refusing that second circuit, Captain👍
As the others have said keep hand on throttle during takeoff and landing,cat least until you don't need it any more.
A nice well rounded flight, very smooth. Very cool take off and smoothest landing..👍
EXCELLENT! Great Job Sarah! It reminds me of my first solo, except no one was there besides my instructor. Enjoy the good feelings, keep flying and happy landings!
So this cropped up in my YT feed and I really enjoyed it! Great job, although I'm not a pilot but love flying. Makes me want to learn! I'm sure your dad and family are so proud. The skies the limit from now on! Best wishes from the UK.
Thank you!!!!
Well done Sarah,One step forward for the ladies one giant leap for Sarah!! Keep going for it Sarah !!!!!!!!!!!!! Retired Instructor New Zealand.
I love your dad constantly checking on you 😭 and your “i can do this” we are literally the same
Awesome! I'm based at DKX now and did my first solo there also (9/9/2009), so this was soooo cool to see you living your dream at the same field! So excited to follow your channel now!
Great job Sarah.....So proud of you
Awww I love the excitement! Congrats Sarah! I remember my first solo at 16 as well.
i remember mine at 10 years old.
Congratulations Sarah 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Very good!!!
Congratulations, Sarah. Well done! 👍
Great job young lady. Congratulations! Welcome to the family of pilots
So awesome!
When you were sitting in the plane before takeoff you liked like a kid to me (I'm 60) but, after you took off you and were flying you liked like a confident young adult. Great job...congrats!
Great work Sarah, what an accomplishment, I'm proud of you!!!!!! :)
Way to go Sarah. Good job!
Man this brings back memories of soloing in 2004. Beautiful! Congratulations!
I still remember my first solo like it was yesterday, complete with the shirt-cutting and the soapy water dumped over my head. Your landing was far better than mine was (and far better than some of mine continue to be!).
your congratulations to Sarah is appreciated
Well done Sarah, great job!
Love the family support. 😊
Congratulations young lady, well done!!!
Great job! Thank you very much for sharing! 👍👍👍
Congrats on soloing! I solo'ed July 22nd, it is one hell of an experience you won't forget!
Thanks for the smile u put on my face today.. great job
Nice job 😃
This was so fun to watch! Gets me so excited for my own solo!
You did great Sarah. You're a natural.
Well done Sarah's ! I can feel the confidence you have ! a little bit nervous but it's normal ! that was perfect for the first one!
Great flight, perfect landing. Well done Sarah!
Wow Sarah so awesome, congrats!!