"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" wrote in message
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Bingo. According to my log book, I soloed after about 1.5 hours of dual.

In a taildragger.

I'm not THAT good...

Yep, I'm using the same technique for SCUBA... First she goes diving with me
and I teach her how to dive... Then, when she's old enough, she gets
rubberstamped by the certification agency... Hell, I dove for over 20 years
before I finally "got official" and was rubberstamped with a C-card...

Some people might bring up the issue of the person not getting credit for
all the hours that they had flown this way, but I don't see it as that big
of a deal as long as the person is not renting a plane... Wether the person
is working on the license or just flying for fun, they would probably be
doing the flights anyway... The main thing that it prevents is the carrying
of passengers... Not that big of a deal for 40 hours... Hell, we need people
doing it this way so that the average hours until solo (or PPL) will go
down... grin