On 2006-12-01 12:41:06 -0700, "Patrick" said:


I dont know why it would take over 30 hours to solo, and some as many
as 70? I soloed at 14 hours, but I hear the average is 20.

Then you aren't paying attention. How stupid and/or annoying.

Instructors are a huge part of successful flight training. I was about
40 hours at solo time, and on my third instructor.

I'm now a commercial inst/multi rated pilot approaching 500 hours.

The number of hours it takes you is specific to you, and no one else.
Averaging hours it takes to solo and inviting a comparison to the
pilot's skill is like averaging breast size and making an inference
about a woman's intelligence based on it.