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| Charlie ready for his first solo flight |
A Storrington student achieved his own personal landmark the day after the London 2012 Olympic Games ended earlier this month,
Charlie Millis, a 16-year-old student, flew solo for the first time in a K21 glider at Southdown Gliding Club.
He started his flying training in 2011 and is the first of Southdown’s young cadet student pilots to achieve a solo flight this year.
It is all the more amazing as he had been studying hard for his GSCEs and could only take flying lessons during holidays.
Charlie said: “It was a wonderful experience and it contained a feeling of independence. Without having an instructor with me, it put the safety of me and the glider at my own risk and it made me realise there really was no backup if something went wrong, the only help I would have would be from my training from the previous weeks.
“I landed quite safely and then it seemed like the entire club seemed to be standing by and saying congratulations, many handshakes later, and a few photographs as well, all that was left to do was to go up again!”
Read more here: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk
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