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Subject:Re: It's Flyday
From:ANTONY MARSH
Date:Fri, 28 Nov 2014 11:53:00 -0500

Me too!
Forty Two years ago I went solo at Doncaster Aero Club after only seven hours. Never will forget it as I made the unforgivable sin on landing. Managed to have the very loose, swampy center of the landing strip (a nice field complete with cattle) act as a "magnet" for the Cessna 150. Right through the middle I went. So the rest of my booked "time" that morning was spent washing the muck off the plane. 

Happy days and so far it always seemed like yesterday.  Sadly no more flying for me due to all kinds of medical junk. 

Congratulations. 

Peter Marsh
Naples

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> On Nov 28, 2014, at 09:44, Robert Clemmer <n51219@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
> 
> Congratulations on your first solo.  You will never forget it.  It has been about 42 years since my first solo and still remember like yesterday. 
> 
> BobC
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Jason
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 8:53 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: It's Flyday
> 
> Ok it's Friday.....
> 
> Any pilots in our group?   I've taken up flying and achieved my first solo
> this week!  What a great experience.  I would be interest to know who else flys.  Once I'm fully licensed I'll be planning some cross country trips in my Piper and would love to meet up with others who fly and drive vanagons!
> 
> Jason