I soloed yesterday!!!

[beautifulposae]

I got my shirt tail cut off.... tradition....

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[hobo__camp]

hooray!

im kinda confused by the shirt thing but congrats! hehe

[beautifulposae]

Aparently its tradition to get your shirt "tail" cut off because back in the old days before radios- a student and instructor sat in the airplane with seats that were one in front and one right behind it. so the student would sit in the front- and since it was hard to hear- the instructor would tug on the student's shirt tail to get their attention to correct them or something. So when you fly your first solo its a symbol of 'I don't need my instructor any more' - in a sense. :-)

[anonymous]

congratulations molly!!! That's phenominal!! I wish i had enough nerve to even attempt to do any sort of flying, alas i shall remain grounded.

- allison

[beautifulposae]

thanks :-)