Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Vito -
I've always found it pretty impressive that our students solo the airplane after only 4 flights. They then spend the next 9 months (some up to a year or more) learning how to EMPLOY the aircraft as a weapons system.
Wow! Really? That is impressive.
I remember nearly being nailed to a proverbial cross for allowing a student to be with me on the controls for takeoff and landing on the second flight. Even though the Jepp and Gleim syllabus call for it (go figure).
How do you guys work a four flight solo?