First Solo Flight - Moorabbin Airport (16 Years Old)

[@letsseeif]

Congratulations young man on you First Solo. Enjoy a life of flight if you so choose. It's wonderful. Myself. I soloed age 17 on 1stJune1957 @ YMMB Moorabbin, then just as busy but an 'all over grass field' roughly from same spot as you, ie. to the north and also a right circuit in a RVAC DH82 Tiger Moth 'forward stagger wing' biplane, open cockpit, full helmut. goggles & flying suit, secured by 5 point military harness, head almost in airflow, & pilot (PIC) always flew from rear seat (due CofG). (communicated w front instructor or passenger, if any by 'Gosport Tube'). Tigers had tailskid, no brakes, HP slats, 3 degrees of wing sweep, fuel gauge glass tube on top wing, no radio so tower flashed green, white & red, & a big black ball went up & down on tower, All hand starts , climb 58kts, cruise 85kts IAS, glide 58kts. Did full aerobatics including solo spins & 'graveyard' spiral dives. Great feeling though one got zero plaudits as it was seen as "uncool". All instructors WW2 pilots from Aust, UK, Poland, even Germany, & 1 female, the famous Beryl Young [look her up]. Follow your dreams!

[@cherfieldm]

Congrats young man for fulfilling your dream to be come a pilot. God bless.

[@jacobcirrus]

Nice work mate! Impressive stuff!

[@craigd426]

beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.

[@spannaspinna]

Good boy looking for traffic at all times had a good instructor

[@TimBell07]

Awesome first flight, and first video!

[@propertyproductions667]

Thanks a lot Tim!

[@casperblackcat1975]

Congrats on your first solo flight now I guess you will be saving to get your first aircraft.

[@ManosPapadogiannis]

Congrats !

[@AussieAircraft98]

What a pleasure VCI is to fly, did my first solo in this one!

[@propertyproductions667]

Thanks mate! Yes, she sure is...

[@timbence3246]

Ripper first solo MB! enjoyed your choice of music too...

[@propertyproductions667]

Thanks Mr Bence!

[@jeetts59]

Well done.

[@chickenaviation1018]

awesome vid! im 15 and also fly out of moorabbin ap...im doing my first solo in a few weeks!

[@propertyproductions667]

Thanks heaps mate! Good luck with your solo, its an amazing experience once your airborne. Let me know how it goes :)

[@silver_international7450]

congratulations very good for first solo

[@propertyproductions667]

Thanks a lot silver_international!

[@craigd426]

so awesome!!!

[@timstobie5843]

That's pretty cool Michael Bailey

[@hydro2678]

Good job mate

[@tishzman]

I'm 15. Am I aloud to start flying. Where about in Moorabbin do I go to start a course?

[@daveshangar6820]

I'm curious, did you land or were you shot down?? LOL Just kidding! Great job! Especially for first solo. I've had many botched approaches and landings.

[@pete9364]

Good job

[@joshkaye3984]

VCI is a little machine, traded her in for the Oxford 172's though

[@Oglongs]

Strange line up, Too low on base to final leg. Too high on short final. Pilot induced oscillations after a unstable short final and nose wheel landing. Go around, try again. Otherwise that porpoise is how you crash

[@rstils8832]

VH-VCI?

[@propertyproductions667]

Yes sure is!

[@rstils8832]

Very bumpy

[@rstils8832]

Junioraviator25 I thought that!

[@presleycosta4127]

holy shit that landing should have been a go-around on the first or second bounce