Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
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Regarding the WW2 pilot almost 4 hour solo...

I'm not judging your piloting skills... the point of a minimum time in
my honest oppinion to to give a person familiarity with his/her
surroundings (like when you first drove a car and needed some time to
figure things out), you (I'm assuming you're the fighter pilot) was
brilliant at military airfield procedures, but probably (if you were at
a slightly busy airport) would have benefited a bit from familiarity
with what is going on around you.

PLEASE do not confuse familiarity with ability.


And if you are already familier, why would you need more hours logged?

Again. WHY? Is there a REAL problem with premature solo's that you are aware
of? Or is this just "What if a flight instructor doesn't do his/her job?"
speculation?

--
Geoff
The Sea Hawk at Wow Way d0t Com
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Military operations verus civilian operations... kind of different.

Frankly... the solo should be the last thing any student is thinking
of... it should take place after a person is familiar with flight and
is able to safely conduct it.