Originally Posted by
runge
My grandfather soloed in.8 hours, back in training for WWII.
The took him up a few times, did some spins (something you almost never see in Private training anymore), did some stalls, did a few landings and takeoffs, and then handed him the keys and said good luck. You're probably better off with a little bit more conservative of an instructor.
Did you forget to put a number in front of the .8?
If he went flying a few times and did all the things that you mentioned - that seems like A LOT in a small amount of time! From what I've read about WWII flight training - we weren't the Japanese putting hardly trained pilots into the cockpits, we even sent combat proven flyers back to the states for training duty!
FWIW - I just looked at I soloed after 11.3 and a little more than two months of training (started training on 20 May and soloed 15 July). There are SO many factors as DB said - but you aren't competing against anybody and there is no set time schedule. Money and time might be your only motivator because the longer it takes for you to solo then the longer your training is probablygoing to last overall and that will cost you more money in the end.
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