16 year old Else’s First Solo!

[@daveshepherd7582]

Bravo young lady! When most kids are itching to get their drivers license you’re flying airplanes, we’ll done!

[@michaeldrummey2754]

There is a dad and or a mom or uncle, someone, who opened the doors and encouraged this girl to step through. Bravo to them as well. Its why this stuff happens. Because someone told her she could, and should do it.

[@secpac58chichi]

and paid the $15,000 it takes to get there

[@cinchliggett6339]

​@@secpac58chichishe got a scholarship

[@angrybaba9964]

Butter landing on first solo!!! That's a cherry on top.....Keep it up...

[@Marco-yg6et]

Très beau. Magnifique. Fèlicitations Mademoiselle.

[@skyblazer9137]

16yo Oh! my, that's when i got my ticket. I am 82yo now. Good luck young lady.... 🤠😎

[@alexanderdavila4087]

Great job Elsa on your first flight ✈️

[@monkeybusiness1.21Gwh]

16 and what maybe 30 hours I know 13000 hour pilots that couldn’t have greased landings like that great job there young lady don’t ever stop one hell of an airline pilot in the making blue skies

[@elser6151]

This is AWESOME!! I'm so happy I had such an incredible instructor 😌

[@ziepex7009]

@@Austria354 you weird

[@eno7417]

@@ziepex7009 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@randominternet5586]

You KNOW he was pumped at that first landing - what a way to finish your first run! Relived and proud - have fun out there.

[@ThePrezObozo]

Congads. Luv to see you young "Hotties" taking to the skies 🥰

[@iamf6641]

@@ThePrezObozo bro shes 16

[@SuperEightball1]

Nice Fair skies and smooth winds Enjoy Great job

[@saltlifegull4091]

Dang she's brave! Amazing what a kid can do!

[@johnppg]

All Business.. What a wonderful day to share.. 👍🏻👍🏻up..

[@leswebb199]

Great job! At 16 year old, Me I am 43 and my first Solo - All was going fine until I looked over and realized my passenger seat was empty, I knew I could do it I was comfortable with landing it the first time by myself, I was so happy, excited but at the same time terrified. Everything my instructor told me flash through my head so quick, but it worked. It's a feeling you would never get unless you have a crack at it, and I would not change it for the world, it was the only time I was happy being terrified. LOL, Leslie Webb Australia QLD.

[@babatundefafiyebi9669]

She was so comfortable at it. Good job young lady. Congrats..

[@lombardochong]

no pasa un solo dia que no vea tu first solo en verdad te admiro mucho... suerte

[@davidhouse5073]

Atttta girl!!! 67 yr old man here with 14 hrs in the log book so far. When I solo, if I grease a landing like you just did I’ll know I’m a proficient pilot. Thanks for posting your solo…..you’re a great inspiration!

[@cinchliggett6339]

I was flying the day she took her first solo i could tell she was super focused on the radio congratulations🎉

[@cinchliggett6339]

I ruined a good shirt on my first solo

[@scable-eq7bp]

Congrats Else, and hats off to a good instructor....

[@donlyons5279]

Wish there was audio with this video. Great job; been considering getting my license and this gives me hope.

[@jzerious4523]

There is audio

[@Thealmostfitpilot]

The smirk after the CFI left!!! We all had that same smirk. Great job girl!

[@juliencooper177]

Great first solo flight. And you went for it with no hesitation. Enjoy your hobby or career, it's #1.

[@juliencooper177]

Julien Cooper again. Thank you to whoever liked my comment and anyone else who read it. After viewing this article, the KZbin loaded many more of girls and women learning to fly. I hope they and fair comments of them get lots of likes, the equality growing in flying and maintaining airplanes will make life better and safer for both sides of the crews and public. And it is so refreshing to see the talents of everyone coming to this industry. It is natural and it works.

[@IDontTalkToCops]

She appears so confident and relaxed. Love to see it. She’ll make a great pilot for many years to come.

[@MartyMitchell92660]

Congratulations Else! Keep up the good work. Welcome to the club! See you at the flying field.

[@steveo601]

My 16 year son’s first solo was about 3 weeks ago at about 20 hours. He’s getting ready for his 3d solo (cross country) this thurs. He’s going to fly commercial. Great job!!!

[@wayneeck9805]

I remember those days, in my youth, when I soloed. Aviation was good to me. No regrets! Hang in there young lady, you have a future! You have "pilot" written all over you !!

[@terryboyer1342]

Great landings girl. Especially the first. Greaser! 👍

[@Dwchidwchi]

As a 56 year-old who's afraid of flying, this was quite inspiring. Congratulations!

[@redfire122]

I love to take pictures of my students right before solo & immediately after landing. There is always a tight smile before and a huge one after. Congratulations!!

[@garyrasso6149]

Congrats. Very nice job and welcome to the club. After announcing your intentions to take the runway at a non-towered field be sure to check for landing traffic before proceeding.

[@troyc333]

Congratulations Else! Great dedication and professionalism. Kudos to your instructor for helping you get there.

[@thomasmitchell828]

I am hopeful for the future of aviation with young people entering the ranks of pilots.

[@chuckewe]

So there you are, climbing out of 500 ft AGL and wait, what? THERE’S NO ONE IN THE SEAT BESIDE YOU!!! What an amazing rush realizing you have to put that thing down all by yourself. The satisfaction of flying those 3 circuits is beyond most things you’ll ever experience. Move on and move up… wishing you blue skies and happy landings.

[@ericklassen742]

Kudos, Else!! I'll fly with you. You're going to the 'big show' one day, wearing those FOUR BARS! Very cool.

[@bierutki]

Congrats. First solos are the best feeling in the world.

[@philipbrailey]

Congratulations from Australia 🇦🇺

[@kenthigginbotham2754]

Always makes me happy to see this❤️

[@user-hw1cr5uq4z]

Congratulations!!! This brings back memories of my first solo way back in September 1966 at age 17. It was a Cessna 150 N6243J My instructor was Max Shapiro.

[@Del_Monico]

someone or some mom and dad did an AWESOME job with this girl!!

[@paultemple3859]

The 150 is so fun to fly. They hardly weight anything and on top of that you have 40 degrees of flaps and hardly uses any fuel. Such great training planes. Congrats and good luck on your check ride!

[@swisspewpew]

Had my first solo on gliders in 1983, TMG 1986 and SEP 1988. Wishing you allways happy and safe landings!

[@alexanderdavila4087]

I’m loving it

[@MikeCaress]

In 1979 did my first solo I will not forget. You instructor commented on how much different the aircraft flies with only one person on board that really surprised me too.

[@richardsmith4187]

My solo I was shocked when the plane shot into the air at rotation !! No instruction as I looked over and said to myself, OK you got this and all went well. Will always have that great memory.

[@privatesongcollsiagianoloa520]

What a stunning flight ever🙂👍

[@skyblazer9137]

Nice landing. Like a butterfly with sore feet.....🤠😎

[@ghost_rider221]

that was just great..you have accomplished something most people will never experience..job very well done.

[@aguyinnc2865]

Super awesome!

[@RipVanAllan1983]

Awesome, Congratulation's Else and great job Scott.

[@southbayrickybobby5820]

Wow I didn’t know you could fly a plane by yourself especially so young. Good for her!!! She’ll remember this experience the rest of her life. There’s 16 year olds, he’ll, 18,19,30 year old people out there, who can’t even drive a damn car!!!! Props to you dad!!! You raised a great daughter. Hopefully I can only get close to that with mine. You’re both great people in this ignorant world. This is the kind of girl, that’s going to be a woman someday flying F35’s….. Much respect!!!

[@stanleyshedd2643]

That is so fantastic, good job Else. The courage it takes to do that is off the charts.

[@richardriggs5036]

Great job!! I solo'd at 16 myself.. got ppl at 17 in Aug. of '96. Enjoy and have fun !!!

[@stewc625]

Loved that grin that came over your face after your first landing. After that you were all like "yup, just another landing, done thousands of these." Outstanding and congrats!

[@MattMorris481]

I wish when I learned to fly I could have had my instructor on speaker phone, but he’ll back you were the big shit on the ramp if you even had a GPS he’ll it wasn’t even common to have headsets.😂 Great job!

[@cheapskateaviation]

Congratulations very well done! You'll remember that day forever (or so I'm told it, was only a few months ago for me 😁). I would have loved to be able to do that at 16, but even at 32 it was one of the most exciting days of my life. Looking forward to hear about when you get your certificate and where you go from there!

[@KevinS3928]

I remember doing that at 16 way back in 1976 as a Civil Air Patrol cadet.

[@dillonshrop4563]

Great job! 👏 I got to do my solo this past December on my 16th birthday. That feeling when you takeoff and look over through the right side window to realize there is no longer a CFI blocking your view is just something else. Love it and may you have a successful and long aviation career. :)

[@kosys5338]

Congrats Else, great job! Oh and I agree with your opinion, it was good.

[@nickfraser2434]

Aaaaah To be 16 and go through that again! What a wonderful video. You NEVER forget your first solo! Best day of your life!

[@tblittlewolf47]

Your right! Soloed back in 73 in a new c-150! Remember like yesterday!

[@donniegaskill1836]

I don't remember the exact date of my solo (I'm 72!! and it was in the 70's) but I do remember I soloed at 14 hrs. At the time, married with young children. My oldest needed eye surgery and I had to quit lessons. Hindsight being 20/20, I just wish I had finished after I got a better job with major health care....

[@daviddilley538]

Yes, I sorta remember my first solo… March, 1969…but mostly I remember having to dodge dinosaurs on the runway… whew! And my arms were so tired….

[@jaymacwing]

Congratulation on your first solo flight! Some of the comments on this page have pointed out the you will never forget your first solo. They're right. I was 29 years old when I did mine in 1983, and I remember it like it happened last week. The sense of satisfaction has never left. At the time, Go Pros hadn't been invented yet, so I don't have the kind of documentation you have, but I did have a pocket audio cassette recorder, and made an audio recording of my last pre-solo flight with the CFI and my first solo flight. I still listen to it from time to time. I've since become a CFI myself. I know how satisfied your CFI feels about signing you off. Congratulations to him also! Best of luck with all your future aviation pursuits.

[@clarkstonguy1065]

Even though I remember my solo well, I still kick myself for not downloading the LiveATC recording of it when I see a video like this.

[@bobblack6816]

Should have had sound!! BUT!! Great job and greased landings!!❤️👏👏👏

[@richgorsuch7331]

SO stoked! Congratulations!!!

[@terencetaylor4600]

Awesome.

[@geoffspitfire5160]

Awesome - congratulations. As others have said write it in red in your logbook - you will never forget that first solo! Mine was way back in 1981 via Tomahawk and as your instructor mentioned without that extra weight it climbed like a rocket!😊

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

*CONGRATS, ELSE!*

[@Matt-mo8sl]

Great job, young lady. Brings back memories of my first solo, May 19,1990 on my 20th birthday! Looks like you were using a 150 Aerobat. You'll NEVER forget this day.

[@richardsmith4187]

I remember my solo day, we did a few touch and go's with my instructor at which time we pulled on to the taxi way and he got out. His words were do 3 with full stops and have fun. I lined up down the runway and my first shock was how the plane ( 152 Aerobat ) just shot into the air at rotation and climbed like crazy LOL I forgot the performance was going to be better with just me on board. Did my 3 with full stops and was happy that portion was done and it was a day I will always remember. Else you handled your 3 like a pro, keep having fun !!

[@jackmehoffer7819]

Congrats on your solo. If I may interject one thing. When taking the runway you should be looking at the approach to see if any plane is on final. They may have not heard your radio call that you were departing. The 1st and 3rd takeoff you never check for traffic. Congrats stay safe and fly high.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

NEVER forget the day my INSTRUCTOR...after a couple patterns...said: "Did I tell you today is your first solo day?" CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST!

[@ulpilotrmh]

Else, you will never ever forget this flight and this feeling, congradulations.

[@triskellian]

It's good to see these kids fly and enjoy being in the air!

[@EscapeToTheOzarks]

This is so wonderful to see! Woohoo!!!

[@unclee8936]

That plane sat down on runway like a butterfly with sore feet, great job!!!

[@RandymanB]

Awesome job! You are so fortunate to be starting a flying career so young and during these times. So many opportunities for pilots out there! Good job and keep on flying!

[@tdubz87]

$$$$$$$

[@jimmorris5090]

Really cool! No matter what you do after, you will remember your first solo.

[@moremoney2]

Can I hear a WHOOHOOO! You were much more confident on the second one.

[@scorpjoho]

Nice job Else, nice schmick landing. Way to go Girl :)

[@rccollin7699]

Awesome. Going throw ground school right now that my friend who is a CFI is teaching. Can't wait to get up in the air.

[@mcotherman5957]

Congrats! Just remember to clear the final approach path before pulling onto runway. Taking off from KHOT couple of summers ago I made my radio call for departure and did last check of before pulling out and there was a plane on short, SHORT final. His radios weren't working. He did a touch and go. I took off and the guy almost had a mid-air on downwind with a plane entering the pattern. Keep your head on a swivel and eyes out the windows in the pattern. Good job! Nice landings!

[@EtzEchad]

You never forget your first solo! Good job!

[@scottbtraveling1444]

Congratulations Else! You certainly flew a wonderful solo flight, I'm quite sure your entire Family and CFI are very proud of your accomplishment. I hope and pray you have many more safe hours ahead of you.

[@paulbrown7374]

Bravo... Great job... Congrats...

[@gulgir2850]

Well done! and also great music

[@UrbanOdyssey]

Congrats!

[@barrywalker1971]

I love it! I still remember my first solo. Good for her!

[@perhentzepetersen9310]

Amazing!

[@danielchurchill9004]

Thanks for boosting the memories young lady ! This is a day you will never forget! Congratulations well done!

[@japhillips87]

Congrats. You never forget your first solo.

[@indratamang8640]

time to kick out instructor.. this line amzing 😆😆😆😆

[@Bill-rt3te]

I did also and bought a Cessna 150 a flew it all over Alaska what fun. Those little planes fky themselves. Have fun

[@williambernard9626]

Very smooth touch down

[@ClausB252]

I was nervous so I yelled out instructions to myself all around the pattern, like my instructor would. Had no headsets back then. Congrats!

[@steveboxmeyer193]

Great job!!! My first solo was 13 Dec 1998. you did better than i did. You were cool calm and collect. I was sweating up a storm. 😀

[@Wendygirljp]

The first and biggest thing my flight instructor would have clamped down with her was her lack of checking for traffic before making any of her pattern turns, including prior to taking the active.

[@christiandedome2764]

Excuse Please How much do Fixed Wing lessons cost and how many hours needed to get a license, back in the 70's, it was about $110 an hour and can't reall remember many hour calss and flying time was needed?

[@juhanihakkarainen856]

Wow, =) Great landing! and all best! 🤗

[@tchin2020]

Flying is the only occupation where you don’t need a College degree to start learning to fly… I started flying when I retired at 50 and it was embarrassing to see all the young kids in ground school classes… I stopped flying right before my solo… went back to work… flying is an expensive hobby, but, one of the greatest positive experiences is landing the plane ….hitting the strip with a perfect landing is an amazing feeling…

[@UncaDave]

Congratulations! Cessna 150’s are tough little trainers!

[@ericvanvlandren8987]

THAT was fricken awesome!

[@hessranch]

You go girl!

[@slayer8actual]

Great job and congratulations!