Today I marked the 50th anniversary of my first solo flight
with a solo flight flight from Pilot Country Airport (X05)
to Zephyrhills (ZPH) in the Tampa Bay area of Florida.

My first solo occured out of NAS Saufley Field as a Naval
Aviation Cadet in T-34B BUNO 144098, Sept 1958. Today's
flight was in a friend's 1959 C-172 REG N7000T.

In between the two, I have logged over 22,000 hours of flight
time, 9.5 years US Navy, 25 years Airline, and about 7 years
Civilian Flight Instructing.

Bob Moore
ATP B-707 B-727 L-188
USN S-2F P-2V P-3V
PanAm (retired)