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Title: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 14, 2010, 08:04:41 PM
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs627.snc4/58719_1395161079547_1247804014_30901302_3903961_n.jpg)
Just after first flight
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs315.ash2/59505_1395160879542_1247804014_30901300_2468756_n.jpg)
My instructor right, and Ryan Short left

Soloed on my 16th birthday.

I was also the guinea pig for Ryan's new camera, so he stuck it on the sunvisor during my solo. I was humming "The Final Countdown" during the duration of the flight, and yes, you can hear it.


I will post the video from the cockpit-cam as soon as my instructor uploads it.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: redman555 on September 14, 2010, 08:44:52 PM
awwww wittle tupac a big boy now!!!!! lol, btw Tupac the singer sucks :)


-BigBOBCH
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: 1pLUs44 on September 14, 2010, 08:46:56 PM
Congrats dude!  :cheers:
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: xNOVAx on September 14, 2010, 08:53:33 PM
Way to go man  :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 14, 2010, 08:59:58 PM
Tupac the singer sucks :)

My name is tupac because i get shot alot in-game.\

I hate rap
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: eagl on September 14, 2010, 09:00:09 PM
Congrats!  That first solo is always an amazing flight.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: redman555 on September 14, 2010, 09:00:52 PM
My name is tupac because i get shot alot in-game.\

I hate rap

Lol, ok good :)

-BigBOBCH
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 14, 2010, 09:34:51 PM
Congrats!  That first solo is always an amazing flight.

Ive been grinning from ear to ear since my wheels left the ground, I think my face might be stuck like this the next few weeks.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: hunter128 on September 14, 2010, 09:43:54 PM
nice job  :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: mechanic on September 14, 2010, 09:52:03 PM
happy birthday!
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Puma44 on September 14, 2010, 10:11:36 PM
CONGRATULATIONS Tupac!  That's a fantastic accomplishment.  Best of luck with your future flying career.  :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 14, 2010, 10:12:48 PM
CONGRATULATIONS Tupac!  That's a fantastic accomplishment.  Best of luck with your future flying career.  :aok

Thanks a bunch bro!
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Serenity on September 14, 2010, 10:13:23 PM
Congrats man! Wish I could have been there for ya!
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 15, 2010, 12:01:57 AM
Heres one my intructor took, i'm still waiting on the video.

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs618.snc4/59873_1602903158686_1419322240_31545452_3761109_n.jpg)

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs606.snc4/58588_1602906918780_1419322240_31545456_482558_n.jpg)

(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs626.snc4/58588_1602906958781_1419322240_31545457_5012030_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: deSelys on September 15, 2010, 02:39:50 AM
Congrats man!!  :aok  :aok  :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Maverick on September 15, 2010, 10:18:42 AM
Congrats! That's a day you will always remember.
 :airplane: :banana:
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Dichotomy on September 15, 2010, 12:53:49 PM
congrats Tupac  :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: gpwurzel on September 15, 2010, 01:01:21 PM
Congrats and Happy Birthday fella - excellent way to spend it too.

Wurzel
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Shuffler on September 15, 2010, 02:08:49 PM
Grats Mr Pilot.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Babalonian on September 15, 2010, 02:12:37 PM
Gratz, what an awesome present!

Should talk to your instructor about getting one of those tail-mounted external settups with a wide lense so he can watch your control surfaces during the flight.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 15, 2010, 03:58:12 PM
Thanks so much guys for all the birthday wishes.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Shifty on September 15, 2010, 04:48:15 PM
Nice job young fella.  :old:

Seriously WTG it's great to see a young guy like yourself motivated towards real world aviation.

<S>
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 15, 2010, 05:34:45 PM
Nice job young fella.  :old:

Seriously WTG it's great to see a young guy like yourself motivated towards real world aviation.

<S>

Im hoping to take my IR and my PPL checkride in the same week, and want to get my CFI by the time im 20.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: 321BAR on September 15, 2010, 06:51:23 PM
WAY TO GO MAN! that's freaking awesome! :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: FireDrgn on September 15, 2010, 10:11:42 PM
WTG  Freaking awesome
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: BoilerDown on September 16, 2010, 12:37:42 AM
And to think on my 16th my parents gave me a hot wheels car because they sure as hell weren't giving me a real one.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: MachFly on September 16, 2010, 12:37:50 AM
Congrats  :aok


Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: thundabooge on September 16, 2010, 11:31:48 AM
And to think on my 16th my parents gave me a hot wheels car because they sure as hell weren't giving me a real one.

 :furious :furious my parents did that crap to me as well.....
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on September 30, 2010, 08:13:54 PM
Heres the first and second landing videos like I promised, I'm not going to upload the one from the cockpit camera until I send it to America's Funniest Home Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPcnsIwXhDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUn9Jvd1T-I
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: FireDrgn on September 30, 2010, 09:40:54 PM
I'm jealous to be perfectly honest..... Just saw a video of a girl that did a heli solo at 14. :furious
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Gman on September 30, 2010, 11:43:55 PM
Happy B-day and WTG, great accomplishment at 16, keep it up.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: RoGenT on October 01, 2010, 12:47:35 PM
Very cool indeed  :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: texasmom on October 01, 2010, 09:28:13 PM
 :aok
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Plazus on October 01, 2010, 10:08:54 PM
Congrats, Tupac! Stay safe in the skies bud. :salute
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Pigslilspaz on October 02, 2010, 04:07:33 AM
awesome
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Russian on October 02, 2010, 07:17:06 AM
Grats. You'll remember that solo for a  very long time.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on October 04, 2010, 11:39:00 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjTWBrUCst0

Heres the video that I promised. The inside view.

Just being my geeky self, trying to relax a little bit.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: mechanic on October 05, 2010, 01:03:56 AM
AHAHAhahaha   that made me crack up so hard! The peter griffen was spot on.

What an amazing feeling you must have had, awesome dude!
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Tupac on October 05, 2010, 01:12:48 AM
AHAHAhahaha   that made me crack up so hard! The peter griffen was spot on.

What an amazing feeling you must have had, awesome dude!

No feeling like it in the world.
Title: Re: Soloed on my 16th birthday
Post by: Traveler on October 05, 2010, 03:10:24 PM
Heres the first and second landing videos like I promised, I'm not going to upload the one from the cockpit camera until I send it to America's Funniest Home Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPcnsIwXhDI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUn9Jvd1T-I

Way to go, not able to watch Utube at work.  Did someone get video of your instructor?  It's a flight you will never forget, check rides will come and go, but that first landing solo.  Very cool.  I still remember my first solo and even though the instructor was standing on the ramp, I could still hear him talk me through each climb, bank and airspeed change, and his "that's was pretty good,  do it again."