Mine was a bit of a surprise, too! Eric the instructor took me out and had me do everything on my own and we did a takeoff and landing and then he got out and had me repeat the whole inspection, checklist, and then told me to go out and bring it back in one piece!
I was up for fifteen minutes and it was wonderful!
Awesome Megan! Congratulations!
It takes a certain amount of guts for an instructor get out and say good luck! I mean think about that. A probably nervous know nothing being given a plane to take up and back for the first time. Doubt I’d have the stomach...
Now that I recall, my first solo landing I was low on final. From the instructors perspective at mid field I’d disappeared behind the treeline. He said his heart sank. In the plane I saw the prob and gunned it, keeping the nose down (full flaps) That flatland the descent and then even had me pop up like a helicopter behind the trees. He asked me where I’d gotten that move. I said beats me, seems like the thing to do at the time...