Ella's FIRST SOLO Flight | A Day To Remember!

[@LewDixAviation]

What a day! It doesn't get much better than this. The only way it could be any better is if you had a LewDix Aviation checklist - the BEST checklist I've ever created. Get yours here: lewdixaviation.com

[@OldheadBoomer]

What a great day, relaxing and watching the thunderstorms roll through. How could it get any better? Well,l I orderd a LewDixAviation Cessna 172 Checklist! Haven't flown for 25 years, but Lewis has inspired me, and I'm going for my AGI and PPL! Thanks for making a great day even better.

[@TheVidman0397]

The first controller is my son, he's a trained pilot so he understands what Ella is going through. Very proud of him, he does a really good job! Congrats Ella on your first solo! Kudos to your instructor.

[@aaronlee2240]

She's really good on the radio, good job 👏

[@gmcl2780]

Yeah I found the radio was one of the scariest parts of learning. 😁

[@ascaliu4430]

She missed calling number 2 in the first transmission whilst she was following the cherokee, but other than that you are right she is great

[@MrFast427]

I can only pray I do as great a job as Ella did. As a student pilot myself this was actually kind of emotional for me. Good for you Ella!

[@DS-hz4ie]

Congrats Ella! think ATC deserves some kudos too, it sounds like they were looking out for her.

[@TheVidman0397]

That first controller is my son, who is also a trained pilot so he understands what she is going through. He does a really great job! Very proud of him. And congrats Ella!

[@mikebailey9998]

First solo flights make me smile. Proud CFI. Way to go Ella!

[@LewDixAviation]

@@mikebailey9998 yes sir!

[@kbg990]

That's impressive. I'm a student pilot with 43 hours and judging by this video, Ella is probably a better pilot than I ever was. Congrats on your solo!

[@glennwatson]

It’s good to be humble but I’m sure you’re fine.

[@kbg990]

​@@glennwatsonWell, I said "was" not "will ever be" 😉.

[@themaverickproject4577]

Ella is a badass. Please tell her I said that. LewDix we need more flight instructors as invested in their students as you. You too are a badass.

[@mattcorbett2916]

Congratulations Ella! You looked so calm and in control. Good luck in your future whether it's flying for career or pleasure.

[@jonnysmith9446]

What a gal! Professional, conscientious, oozing capability…well done both of you!

[@CaptMoo]

The barks after PIC hahahaha... CONGRATULATIONS ELLA!!! You are a pro! Nothing like having your instructor root for you. The smile and proud in every landing is awesome.

[@jeffreybryner1196]

Absolutely great Ella! Bravo and congratulations. Great situational awareness (she detected the balloon!) and DM. Bravo. Outstanding radio skills too. She is so calm and situationally aware -- impressed!!!🎉🎊

[@texstar77]

Perhaps my favorite LDA video!!! Congrats Ella!!! Most incredible job!!!

[@LewDixAviation]

Great to hear!

[@guntherbohlen4939]

Congrats Ella! Great Performance and perfect decisions. 🎉🎉🎉 Did my own solo in a 172 48h Hours ago and it is an amazing feeling. 😊 lewdix, we love your content. From Hamburg with love❤

[@LewDixAviation]

All the way from Hamburg! Thanks mate!

[@landrus]

I love how the ATC is tending to her and speaking clear and slow and supporting her

[@oziflyer]

What a wonderfully satisfying video. Congratulations, Ella, that was an excellent first solo! You've been taught well. Props to your instructor, he obviously cares about his students. Those of us who've had more than a few instructors (since 1976 for me), know that if you find one that cares about your progress, stick with them.

[@tonysmith1572]

The controller put a little pressure on her with the go to numbers someone is 3 miles behind you. Made the right call to go around.

[@md4droid]

Ella: 1st, let me say: I've been rooting for you from lesson one. 2nd WOW! You did amazing on your first solo. You're now a pilot! Love your radio calls, and your aircraft control. The go-around was "EPIC"! There may have been an audible "YES", on every greaser. ;) Lewis: 1st, Uhhhhh... "I like to get up early for, for solos..." yeah....LIAR! We all know you hate getting up early. lol 2nd, The reaction and the feeling you showed of Ella's piloting skills is what makes me want to be a CFI. I've been waiting months for this very video. Thank you! Some of the best aviation content on the internet! Until next time.... Bearded_Av8r

[@LewDixAviation]

😂 you got me

[@rosemesnard]

Ella. Youre incredible. You’re an inspiration. Great job. You’re beyond your years. It was such a great experience watching you. You’re a young lady with years of a great life ahead of you. I’m 72/years young and just now thinking of learning to fly. So, guess I’ll find out if I’ll be able to do it. Sending you a hug…you’re amazing!🌹

[@thegooddoctor6938]

I’m almost at the point of my first solo and this was just amazing to watch. It gave me goosebumps. Congratulations! What a great pilot your becoming.

[@ejcam2112]

Watched this video with a big happy grin on my face. What a joy to watch a first solo with such a proud instructor! Well done.

[@ToxicDover]

Congratulations Ella, you absolutely nailed it!!

[@phillipruda2445]

Goosebumps !!!!! Nicely done. Great RT. Nice ATC support. Just fab. Great decision-making. What an absolutely stonking third landing.

[@RockyRiverWoodworks]

Congrats to Ella and Lewis. Both of you guys are pro. Good content with great pilots.

[@LewDixAviation]

Appreciate the support!

[@markdavis2097]

You’re a great guy LewDix. Not only do I watch and feel so happy for the student pilots journey, but I also feel your own personal energy happiness and satisfaction through the film which is actually emotional🥲in moments. You should be very proud LewDix the gift you have sir. A great watch and superb editing. Even at 53 and a non pilot it’s really exciting and interesting to watch both Pilot & CFI journeys ❤👏👏👏Welcome to the Sky indeed

[@lloydjohn7776]

🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 been watching this development! Hats off to her and you my good sir!

[@pjgallant]

What an amazing first solo! Ella was calm, cool and collected and made an excellent PIC decision to go around! She will make an amazing pilot!

[@BixnoHandy]

Absolutely amazing! You’re awesome Ella! Congratulations 😎

[@Glyrez]

Congrats Ella! It is very satisfying to watch a student pilot solo! Mr. Lewis, your skills as a very good CFI make a huge difference in a student pilot learning curve. 👏 👏👏

[@SteelTallon]

Congrats Ella! Great decision making.

[@Longstaffdk]

Every approach is a go-around with an option to land

[@mikeperry2814]

Amazing skills! WAY TO GO BOTH OF Y'ALL! Especially Ella! Congrats!

[@MikeFox-og8uc]

best description of a "Balloon" I have seen i learnt loads

[@Michael-r3k2l]

Congrats Ella wow

[@craigclarke4736]

Well done Ella! Actually, excellently done. And may I compliment you on your go around decision. Wise indeed. I got goose bumps and a big smile on your final landing. You must be proud, as is Lewdix. Craig Clarke, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

[@flysport_tedder]

great job! it's been fun watchign Ella's journey. She lands so much better without all that excess weight, and great goaround! 16:40 lol the excess weight again

[@Gerhard_vS]

Congratulations, Ella! Job well done. Now comes the fun part of flight training: cross-country flying. Kudos to Lewis for another student soloing.

[@LewDixAviation]

Thanks mate!

[@jameswadsley3165]

Great job Ella! Congratulations! Excellent instruction as usual Lewis, great job

[@LewDixAviation]

Cheers mate!

[@kvvint7618]

Your excitement when Ella absolutely nails the landings is incredibly addicting! Congrats to Ella and many happy landings!

[@irishcurse65]

Congratulation Ella. I still remember my first solo vividly.

[@PICOTTSportsEnt]

Congratulations Ella & Lewis ✈️✈️😀😀

[@LewDixAviation]

Thanks man!

[@kamikazemadmax]

Congrats Ella! I love seeing others succeed! As a student pilot myself I remember my 1st solos, and how nervous I was. Bravo!

[@ajs1691]

Brllliant! Huge conrats, Ella, for a day you'lll never forget 🥳🥳🥳🥳

[@scottbeyer101]

Great video once again. Solid job of managing energy Ella and awesome ADM as well. I really enjoy being around the FBO when students are going first solo. I just remember how special that day was for me. Like Ella, I was lucky to have awesome instructors who were genuinely vested in my safety and success. Keep up the good work Lew.

[@JamesArmagost]

Amazing day! Congratulations! I wish my landings were / are this nice. Consistent airspeed and butter landings...just WOW! "Look at that greassah!" - he said it right! Woohoo!

[@nicksantos7586]

ur the PIC ella, WOOF WOOF WOOF congrats on another successful teaching stint Lewis!

[@aussiebloke85]

Love this guys enthusiasm. I bet he's an awesome instructor.

[@LewDixAviation]

@@aussiebloke85 cheers mate!

[@jaredkbyrd]

First landing music on point! Congrats Ella!

[@jazzyj6122]

Dude, seriously! Ella is a bad A-dbl s, in my book! She did remarkable! And so did her instructor! I couldn’t be more proud of both of you! You two really “mesh”. Don’t take your foot off the throttle! Thank you for posting!

[@wilartman2887]

Congrats to Ella!!!

[@patrickaalto]

This was a great video, congrats Ella! I did a go around on my first solo as well, because of a bouncy touch down. I learned an important lesson that day, go around is your friend, not anything to be ashamed of. Good job Lewis and Ella!

[@dgriffin60]

Thank you for actually sharing videos of your students actually soloing I’m so tired of another utuber who shall not be named - click baiting us for over a year now claiming his student was ready/close to solo and still has not shown us Thank you again David

[@royson345]

Well done to both of you. Gotta love first solo videos, such a testament to both of yours hard work. Bravo

[@LeeRussell]

What an inspiring video - well done Ella and Lewis 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@ranbirsingh7666]

Just wanted to drop a message before I watched the whole video.. What a beautiful sunrise 🌅 Well done 👏 that was amazing and the ‘Go Around’ was a great decision 👊🏼👊🏼

[@jan3195]

Superb! My congratulations to both the pilot and CFI!

What an inspiration! I am around four lessons short of my first solo, and happy to say, my CFI is also of the right kind. Looking forward to the experience here in Western Norway. Thanks a lot, Ella and @LewDixAviation

[@TheBeedeegee]

Congrats! Just did my first solo last week. Definitely something I will never forget.

[@PilotJoeFL]

Great job Ella! Now you can come to teach me because those landings were better than the ones I do even though I'm a CFI haha. A day you'll never forget! Great decision to Go Around!!! So happy for you.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

Awesome Ella. My first Glider solo 1981. First powered solo, 2001. Next first solo cross country.

[@PensacolaOboist]

That was awesome! Congrats to Ella and to you! Seeing this brought back memories of my first solo at KJKA back in 2020. (My CFI grabbed his portable COM and then told me he had to go "take care of business' and had me pull up next to some grass by the runway... LOL!)

[@unheilbargut]

That is a great video and I just loved the professionalism of how she handles every situation. An amazing pilot with an impressive instructor. And I must admit that I was neither as sophisticated nor as good with my first solo. But that was over 30 years ago and I had no motor in my glider… I want to pretend that the lack of go around possibilities makes you a bit more scared. 😅😅🙈🙈

[@BouillaBased]

Way to own it, Ella!

[@Twizlair]

congrats to Ella but that controller/s needs a gift card man! He was so calm and direct asked exactly what Ella needed in busy airspace Kudos whoever you are Controllers, that awesome.

[@removechan10298]

Amazing work! Great day

[@bigrich2980]

Love it. I would really enjoy seeing some of your cross country phase training as well. You're an awesome instructor man. I hope to be as good when I get there.

[@njbpaul]

Excellent work

[@verge5384]

GO NOLES!!!!!!! Congratulations 🍢🍢🍢

[@liquidintegrity]

Congratulations on your solo Ella, 🧈 landings and good luck on your aviation career you’re going to be a great pilot!

[@Acc0rd79]

What a scary day but also a day with so much pride and fulfillment in your pilot career!! It's a damn good feeling and you will always remember that.

[@kevintengvall4642]

Great job kid, and a great decission to go around Congratulations from down under😃

[@Airship413]

Congratulations Ella on your Solo!!

[@joluisaponte]

Amazing Ella, great job!!

[@Shmeeps_phd]

Looked like an absolute pro. I bet that's an awesome experience 'graduating' people to solo.

[@adamcorby804]

Very very nice radio work Ella! Congratulations on the first solo….best of luck on your career!

[@dalzmar]

Congratz awesome job on the first solo patterns, demonstrated amazing PIC skills as Lew said in regards to the balloon and go around, happens from time to time to the best of us but when handled appropriately it's a non-issue. Very lucky to have Lew as your instructor so take advantage of that and learn all you can from him while you have him. May your skys be blue and your winds calm, and always keep the blue side up. Good luck on the solo xcs coming up your gonna love them. 😊😊

[@GolfFoxtrot22]

Fantastic. If you could bottle that feeling.

[@pplphil9979]

I remember my first solo like yesterday. No other feeling. Especially when you look over and no instructor, plus the aircraft climbs like never before!

[@UberGeek]

Great job Ella!

[@johnniewilliams4741]

Congratulations Ella, well done! 😊

[@randc47]

Congrats Ella!

[@glennwatson]

Nice job to both of you.

[@slingslong3756]

Congrats!! I will be doing my first solo in 5 more flights, super excited 🎉

[@fredfred2363]

Forgotten how good this channel is. Not been here in a long time. Such good editing too. Great vid.

[@LewDixAviation]

@@fredfred2363 welcome back!

[@MH19860]

I’m e been waiting for this video to come out. Ella is such a great student she will make an incredible pilot when she finishes her training. I wish some of my landings were as good as those! Keep up the good work 👍

[@RockyTopAviator]

Love seeing this, I wish my first solo was as smooth; having it at a towered airport probably would have helped; I could tell she was being rushed with the traffic behind her though, adding variables like that for a newer pilot can be challenging, she made the right call on the go around though! Great work for a great team!

[@tjjoseph333]

Way ta Go Ella!

[@willramsey5255]

Aspiring pilot here. I’ve watched hundreds of videos. I wish all CFIs I’ve seen were as easy going, fun, and reassuring as LewDix. You sir are a great one!! Keep it up!

[@LewDixAviation]

@@willramsey5255 thank you, my friend!

[@geekmug]

Ella is such a cool customer! I'm surprised that the tower tried to run a squeeze play with a student pilot, but even though Ella didn't stick it, she did a good job of staying in command. I have two tips to give from my own experience. 1) Don't try to climb with full flaps even in a go-around. On a good day, a C172 can produce more thrust than the drag of full flaps, but only on a good day. You don't want to exit ground effect until you have started to clean up. 2) Whenever you are moving the flaps, add a glance at your flaps to your scan to verify they moved to the position, because the flap cable can fail and you'll want to know. Especially during a touch-and-go, look over your shoulder to verify flaps 0 before departing the ground.

[@Wayman_Simmang]

Congrats!!

[@BeholdSevenWoes]

Hell yeah! Congrats! 🛫🌅 And you are honestly the coolest CFI 💪🏼

[@LewDixAviation]

Thank you! 🙌🏻

[@ProPilotPete]

Congrats to you both!

[@daft990]

Congrats! Big day!

[@upalaska]

She's going to be a terrific pilot. She's got "it."

[@Michael-md1sz]

Thank you for encouraging go-arounds! I feel like it’s a lost procedure

[@stevemicciche4961]

congratulations Ella. great job. You are now a pilot, all you have to do is convince the FAA. Welcome to the club

[@proclific]

very smooth landings !! We got ourself a Pilot here ! 😉 ever hear the term " stuck the landing " 💪

[@jamiecaudill5915]

Bravo!🙌

[@govindak96]

Congrats Ella!!!!

[@LewDixAviation]

Govinda bhai

[@HoosierCanuk]

"I hope the landing doesn't look like that." Lol Great job!