Word: soloed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...morning sunshine above a solid overcast, over the Helderberg Mountains of New York. Married, father of three small children, an appliance-installation man, Stultz wanted more than anything in the world to be a commercial pilot. Under the G.I. Bill, he began taking flying lessons. This day, with 67 solo hours, he was on a cross-country solo hop, from Mansfield to Albany, to Buffalo and back. And he was hopelessly lost...
...Solo License...
...student makes his first flight, with an professional instructor who drills him on takeoffs, turns, approaches, landings, and other maneuvers. After a minimum of eight flying hours, when the instructor is satisfied that his tutee will be no danger either to himself or the surrounding community, he issues a solo license...
...taking a nocturnal walk beside the Charles." The Club's safety record has been excellent: a professional company, East Coast Aviation, regularly services the plane; no one is allowed to take off unless weather conditions are judged safe, usually "C.A.V.U." (ceiling and visibility unlimited); and a member may solo only after both his instructor and the club officers are sure of his ability to cope with whatever situations might arise...
...married. She told the lucky man, a vaudevillian named Frank Wallace, that she was not in love. "It's just this physical thing," explained Mae. "You don't move my finer instincts." Domestic life proved a bore, and Mae soon sent her husband off on a solo tour...