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My first piloting of an aircraft is in the log books! It was tons of funā€”very short flight, but tons of fun. I got to taxi, take-off, climb, cruise, fly into the arrival pattern, fly the approach and descentā€¦but the instructor landed it, as there was an American Airlines 737-800 landing next to us on a parallel runway.

Needless to say, but MSFS has me helped tremendously!

Iā€™m looking forward to my journey to get my Private Pilot Licenseā€¦which starts Wednesday (in the classroom) and then another flight on Saturday.

Would you like to see where I flew, along with all the details along the way (speed, altitude, etc.)? Check out the links belowā€¦

First flight map:

First flight track log:

First time piloting a real aircraft. This is in a Cessna 172S.
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This is the Cessna 172S. Today was my first time flying a real aircraft, in this plane.
This is the Cessna 172S. Today was my first time flying a real aircraft, in this plane.2016Ɨ1512 404 KB

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Youjust started the exciting journey. Good luck!

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Congratulations!

Good luck with the training! :airplane:

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Awesome!!!

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Good luck and always safe landings. Next rating ā€œspace xā€ :slight_smile:

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Just make sure your landings always equal your takeoffs and youā€™ll be fine. :grinning:

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Congratulations and good on you :+1:

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Good luck and Happy Flying

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Welcome to the sky

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Fantastic !
This is a journey that you will NEVER regret. Do not stop until you have that license.
Be safe and have fun.

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Go boy! Congratulations to you sir. That is so awesome. Trying to figure out how to make that happen in my own life. I just need to finish ground school and for that I need a little time. But that is so awesome man. Happy landings.

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If you read his first paragraph heā€™s broken that rule already :joy:

Congratulations OP and happy landings!

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Congrats and best of luck on your training!

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Congratulations! The Sky is Calling :grinning:

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Congratulations! Iā€™m sure it got you stoked!

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Yes congrats!! Live super close to KSNA about 5 min away. I was going to train there but found a much better deal flying out of Long Beach and gotten my PPL with Instrument from there. Needless to say, it is going to be a fun and exciting journey for you, keep working hard at it and never give up! Glad to see other members from the KSNA area!

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Congratulations on taking your first step towards your licensure! :airplane:

We encourage everyone to share in their real life adventures and stories on our MS Flight Simulator Discord, in the Aviation Channel. Weā€™ll keep the board focused on Sim-related topics. Thanks and good luck!

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