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
Copyright © Charles Sides | Year Posted 2011
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