[AnAmericanMother]

I wonder if the Aviation Godlings don't arrange for loss of vacuum on first solos . . . the same thing happened to me, plus my radio started acting funny. They could hear me, but I couldn't hear them. So they got out the light guns and shone me in with a green light!

I went up to the tower afterwards and thanked them.

And, yeah, I was sweating bullets too. But it was o.k. . . . a Cessna 150 will fly itself if you just leave it alone.

[steve86]

And my airspeed indicator quit on the very first flight in the short wing Piper, which felt very different from the trainers I was used to, and I think I landed at about 110 knots to be on the safe side (good thing it was a long runway).

[Mjaye]

But it was o.k. . . . a Cessna 150 will fly itself if you just leave it alone..<<<<<<<

Indeed it will. I think everyone should learn to fly if for no other reason than to learn to prioritize and be thorough. And being absolutely terrified from time to time keeps us on our toes. When I have a problem, I recall having been in messes "up there", and realize that the ones down here are generally easier to deal with. LOL at the Aviation Godlings giving us problems, you are so right.