"Patrick" wrote in message
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I dont know why it would take over 30 hours to solo, and some as many
as 70?

Several reasons have already been explained in this thread. In some cases,
it may be the student, but in most cases it's likely to be an issue with the
instruction, or the scheduling (I would guess that by far the biggest reason
for high hours before solo is infrequent lessons).

I soloed at 14 hours, but I hear the average is 20.

Neither of those numbers is necessarily relevant to all student pilots.

Pete