Where to fly solo
Fear of Flying Solo - MzeroA Flight Training
hey everyone Jason Schappert here of m0a
dot-com and just this week we had four
people write in to us either via our
live chat call the office or submit a
support ticket with the same problem it
was a fear of flying solo they'd work so
hard they had their written tests done
they had soloed but it comes time to
solo cross countries and they were
apprehensive about leaving the traffic
pattern and flying solo so much is some
have even stopped flying in or of the
mindset of well if I want to fly I'm
just gonna go fly with my flight
instructor but I guarantee it's just not
those four individuals there's plenty
others who probably haven't said so why
do we have a fear of flying solo and
what can we do about it I'm dealt with
this before personally myself I've dealt
with this some my confidence was on the
lower scale coming up to my cross
country time law you guys know my story
and I've certainly dealt with a lot of
students who have this fear of solo
across countries and here's how I work
it with my students what we'll do is I
recreate the solo flight for example for
us it's from the Ocala airport to the
Cross City airports the perfect cross
country it's 51 nautical miles couldn't
be any more perfect right and we'll go
and we'll do it duel and that's our duel
cross country and then if they're still
not confident about it we can do it
again where I'm still there but I'm
totally quiet which my wife will tell
you is very hard for me to do but I can
do it I sit in the right seat simply
passively and let you fly the airplane
down and back to help you build
confidence before that so let's recreate
it and make it as realistic as possible
perhaps even so that doesn't work we'll
start smaller how can I get you to go to
an airport just ten nautical miles away
20 nautical miles away we'll do it
together and then you'll go do it solo
and start small with that I've even
heard of CF ice Larry world famous uncle
Larry being one of them Larry has
followed students up in another aircraft
they were going to do their their solo
cross-country
Larry takes off behind them there are
the same frequency just to make the
student feel better talk about starting
small talk about a CFI going above and
beyond for his or her students right
it's normal to have a fear of those solo
across countries it's actually great
that you have that fear because aviation
is humbling to you if you have that fear
but at the same time we need to have
confidence in our skills and our
abilities confidence in the foundation
of knowledge that you've built as we
pursue those further ratings and just
start with simple cross countries start
small and make sure your CFI is not only
aware but totally on board with starting
small and helping you work up to your
solo across countries I can't wait to
hear your story leave me a comment down
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watching this you know I'll read it
you'll get a response from myself or the
great team here at MSR Wacom I can't
wait to hear your solo or solo
cross-country stories enjoy the rest of
your day and most importantly remember
but a good pilot is always learning how
great day guys see ya
