M first solo takeoff went very well and I was pretty happy with it. I made my downwind turn and then my base turn feeling like this was going to be a cakewalk.
I settled into my final approach and all was well until I suddenly got kicked over to the left just as I expected to land. This is a bad thing because instead of settling onto the runway, I was settling onto the grass and into the trees along side the runway. My brain screamed at me, "This is bad! This is very bad" and I keyed the mike to call for a go around. Thanks to my training, I calmly performed the go around by applying throttle and working the aircraft as needed. I managed to execute a perfect go around and re-entered the pattern along with several other aircraft.
M next three landings were perfect and I am very happy with them.
My instructor and a few of the airport staff were pretty pleased with my uninstructed go around and they kept telling me that a go-around is way better than a bent plane.
Bottom line is that my instructor has now signed off on my solo requirements and I can now fly on my own. On my own includes some restrictions about wind speed, direction and hours but I gotta admit that it's kind of cool that I can now jump in a plane and head off into the wild blue yonder whenever I please.
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