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Instruction (Getting Your Certification) Solo Flight After your first lesson, it might seem like solo flying is out of your reach, but you'll do it, just like hundreds of other people do every year. Sure, it'll take time, commitment, and hard work...a good 20-30 hours for both you and your instructor to feel comfortable enough to take the plane up alone for the first time. (After all, without your CFI, there's no one to go over procedures with you, to make suggestions, to keep an eye on altitude and airspeed, or to take the controls if things get rough.) In solo flight, you'll do most of the things you did in basic dual instruction: takeoffs, landings, flying the traffic pattern, and maneuvers in the familiar practice areas over the Eastern Shore. The only difference is you'll be doing it, well, solo! And one word of advice: wear an old shirt the day you think you're going to be soloing.   Copyright © Phoenix Aviation Incorporated 2003. All Rights Reserved.