How many landings before solo

G-force , Feb 21, Huckster79 likes this. I never counted. I also never count for my students. Once we meet requirements in part 61 and they hit 10 in a row where I don't have to take my hands off my lap, they get a sign off. EdFred , Feb 21, Cluemeister and Waverider like this. Joined: May 12, Messages: Display name: lancie I just looked at my log book and I had 59 landings before I soloed.

I assume I had 59 take off's too but I didn't record those. According to my log book 26 not counting the 3 solo landings at 9. January 5th DFH65 , Feb 21, Joined: Feb 21, Messages: 1 Display name: Waverider. I can imagine how excited you are to solo on Tuesday, especially with a month and a half of setbacks. It happens and I would not be so concerned about the number of hours prior etc. It's more important that you feel comfortable and confident to fly the plane.

If I recall correctly, I had over 20 hours before I soloed. Took my time with "life" between flying lessons. Best of luck to you and fly safe! Waverider , Feb 21, Then of course there was my dad.

He didn't have that many take offs and landings when he solo'd, but since he had his own plane, once I signed him off he racked up around a hundred in the first week or so after that. Tantalum , Feb 21, About 2 or 3 good ones in a row. PaulS , Feb 21, Salty , Feb 21, I use Excel Skyrys62 and iflyvfr like this. The total number of landings isn't nearly as important as that it equal the number of takeoffs. Half Fast , Feb 21, Jokes are supposed to be funny.

When they've been repeated 43, Ravioli likes this. Its been so long I can't remember my number. It would probably be in the hundreds if you counted each bounce as its own landing though. Juliet Hotel , Feb 21, Lantraxco and Half Fast like this.

Lantraxco and iflyvfr like this. Use the checklist. Most flight lessons in the early stages of your training will be about an hour to an hour and a half long. Later on, the cross-country flights will be longer than that but just starting out, an hour or a little more is usually about as much as you can take in.

So, an average of 15 hours at your first solo would mean about lessons before your first solo flight. All of that together would put you around 40 landings before your first solo. There is no regulation in terms of the number of hours you have to have before your first solo flight. You do however have to have a logbook endorsement from your instructor indicating you have received the requisite training and demonstrated the capability to fly solo.

If you are training at a part school they will usually have a set curriculum and rigid list of accomplishments you will have completed prior to receiving your logbook endorsement. This is a really fun and kind of strange aviation tradition… after your first successful solo flight your instructor will be ready on the ramp with scissors in hand to cut your shirt tail off.

Make sure to not wear your favorite shirt that day! There are different theories for this tradition but the most common goes something like this…. Traditional training airplanes were tandem seating one in front of the other and in the early days the radio communication inside the airplane was not very effective, and often times non-existent.

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Improve this answer. J Walters J Walters Granted I also got my license at 45 hours where national average is closer to But my training was spread out over a year so it wasn't one of those 45 hours in 3 weeks things. You hear about folks that soloed after 5 hours or so. Why would a 61 a school take longer than a ? Else you use charmap. Show 3 more comments. Aaron Aaron 4, 20 20 silver badges 23 23 bronze badges.

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