My First Cross Country SOLO | 2 hours alone (with ATC)

My first cross-country solo was flown on 5/15/24 from Conroe to Lufkin and back to Conroe on C172P N65221.
This video took a VERY long time to edit, with lots of audio issues and making both cameras and audio match up with the subtitles. I hope you enjoy it!
A couple of notes:
- I have a bad habit of saying "for" before my callsign on frequency, which sounds like I am saying "four" like "4221" instead of "for 221." I am working on it!
- The checklist on the windscreen is the pre-flight checklist, my inflight checklist is on my kneeboard with my notes.
- This flight was 2 hours long, and much of the footage had to be cut for the video to be reasonably timed. All of my cruise, climb, descent, before landing, etc checklists were completed but had to be cut from the final video due to time constraints!
- The ATC audio messes up towards the end of the video and only plays out of the left side. No idea why it did this but I will try my best to make sure it doesn't happen in future videos.
And finally, I am still learning! Please be kind in the comments if you notice any errors/mistakes!
Music Used:
- M83 - We Own the Sky
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[@LifeWithMatteo]

This was fun to watch! Great quality, audio…everything. Awesome job and congrats! After my first solo xc, i was exhausted!

[@coolwes04]

Nice job. Brings back memories

[@johnleonard6306]

Nice work

[@katb7217]

This is awesome, Aiden. Greg was especially excited to watch this. Congrats on your Solo! (The Beyer Fam)

[@sefsoliz3977]

Smooooooth! Congratulations on your 1st CC solo!! Keep chasing your dreams Aiden!

[@garrettthorn5048]

Awesome brother. Keep it up and be safe up there.

[@bgs1375]

Excellent flight brother

[@Klubby]

Money! lol Awesome vid and congrats on the cross country solo!

[@Shmeeps_phd]

Congrats man! I've got a stage check next week then i'm off to do my solo XC asap. Check ride on June 13th and just praying the weather holds up haha.

[@njbpaul]

Nice Work