My First Solo / ???????

October 26, 2008

The pit view of a pilot trainee’s first-ever solo flight, conducted at Reid-Hillview Airport (KRHV) in San Jose, CA, during training towards the FAA Private Pilot Certificate. The airplane is a Cessna 152.
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Posted by roy | Filed Under FAA Flight Training 

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10 Responses to “My First Solo / ???????”

  1. AirAccord on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Thank you, and …
    Thank you, and congratulations on your own solo. Good luck on your checkride!

  2. SNiperAlo on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Very well done …
    Very well done video. I did my first solo flight last week and uploaded a video of it. Its not as well done as this, but still does its justice. 🙂

  3. hicky777 on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Nice video! I am …
    Nice video! I am taking PV right now in America too and using C152. I don’t like ATC communication… it’s hard for japanese to talk to ATC. But i have to do it.
    who is talking to you while you are flying??

  4. matty1992101 on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Thank you very much …
    Thank you very much for the response

  5. AirAccord on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Actually, there was …
    Actually, there was one more trick to the audio. I used a separate external microphone and a portable audio mixer to incorporate the ambient sound of the pit. Otherwise, had I plugged the Y-splitter cable directly into the camera’s external microphone input, it would have been silent when I wasn’t talking and there wasn’t anything on the radio, which would have been pretty boring.

  6. AirAccord on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    The audio from the …
    The audio from the intercom/radio was tapped directly from one of the plane’s headphone jacks using a Y-splitter cable (which is standard equipment at our flight school, as we encourage students to make audio recordings of their flights, so that they can later utilize the ATC audio as well as conversations with the instructor as study material on the ground).

  7. AirAccord on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    The camera was …
    The camera was mounted on an ordinary tripod, secured to the baggage area (which is immediately behind the seats since the Cessna 152 is a 2-seater airplane) using bungee cords and the plane’s built-in hooks for tying stuff down.

  8. matty1992101 on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    where did you place …
    where did you place the camera in the aircraft to get this view, and how did you record ATC communications?

  9. AirAccord on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Thanks!
    Thanks!

  10. luckyday31 on October 26th, 2008 4:30 am

    Congratulations man!
    Congratulations man!

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