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Congratulations!!! First solo is up there with first kiss and first ….
Well, you get the idea!
Great feeling, isn’t it?

Tököl LHTL

Indeed and thanks! Had the hairdryer out the day before to get it started!

EBCI Charleroi, Belgium

Congratulations! And a smart decision to do your PPL on a controlled field and in busy airspace. Becoming a good, responsible and confident pilot is so much more important than soloing in as little as possible hours. I made a trip (from Holland) to EBAW on Monday (so one day after your solo) and enjoyed similar whether. What a joy to fly on these freezing sunny days!

EHRD, Netherlands

Congratulations I still remember the call sign of the C150 I soloed in.

Oxford (EGTK), United Kingdom

First solo yesterday!

Following this original post I started both theory and practical PPL training end of Sept last year and following 23 hours practical training I flew solo for the first time yesterday!

It seems the average time to solo in Belgium (perhaps as a result of the weather and complex airspace) is between 15-30 hours – so right in the middle for me.

Couldn’t have asked for a better day for it – +10km vis, not a cloud in the sky and for those 18 mins in the circuit not a single other aircraft in operation (strange for an international airport also with two schools!)

http://www.brusselsaviationschool.com/en/content/first-solo-jamie

Also, it was about -3 deg!

EBCI Charleroi, Belgium

ECBI = EBCI = Charleroi = RyanAir’s Brussels Airport (located south of Brussels)

LFPT, LFPN

Thanks aart, yep a nubie mistake, should have read EBCI not ECBI!

EBCI Charleroi, Belgium

Good for you Jamie, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the learning process!

PS
Once you get your PPL, let us know and we’ll organise a fly-in to your field to celebrate. Just give us some proper vectors to ECBI wherever that may be. Or is it that your employment at the EC somehow influenced your typing?

Private field, Mallorca, Spain

So after almost a year from my original posts (with many, many questions and possible scenarios), and following a signigicant amount of research, post reading, speaking to and meeting other students / pilots / instructors, and trying out certified and non-certified aircraft, I have decided to go for the PPL (hence the Class 2 medical certificate I obtained just a few hours ago).

My initial plan is to obtain the PPL and see where it takes me – taking some differences training (2 vs 4-seaters) and in time, and perhaps even microlights or sub 2000kg machines.

Now to contact my preferred flight school! Thanks to all of you who gave your advice / perspectives / opinions / experience!!

EBCI Charleroi, Belgium

The important information to answer your question is, weather you have the time / capabilities / interest to engage in the maintenance of your aircraft, or if you’d rather drop her off at some maintenance company to do it for you. In the first case, you might have annual maintenance costs all in below 1000€, but sinking in quite some time. Depends on the condition of the airframe and engine, though. If you just drop the aircraft at some maintenance company, even a basic VFR aircraft could draw up bills of 10000€ or more, depending what needs to be done or what you want to be done. There is a huge span depending on what you want to fly and how you intend to maintain it.

mh
Aufwind GmbH
EKPB, Germany
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