Solo Flight

It gave me a thrill To fly a plane Alone in the sky Since I was a kid Always loved planes Knew someday I’d fly Growing up I did Kites and gliders And then model planes Then out of college Took the giant step Flying the real things My instructor Jim Knew how to teach Everything went good He stepped from the plane To my surprise “Solo, if you would” I can still recall How scared I was Taxing away OK, this is it I’m on my on I’ll solo today I took off gently, As I was taught Now I’m in the air Everything Jim said Went through my head Got to land down there Turned onto base and Then on final Runway was in sight I dropped down some flaps Held the nose up Landed my first flight