Solo Baptism!

Note sneaky person with bucket!


A big event for the Vihlen Family this past Saturday, November 5th, as another Vihlen boy soloed a glider. 15 year old Preston Vihlen soloed on a beautiful day at Hawks Nest (4TN3), just east of Memphis. Preston’s instructor was Jim Slocum. After a warmup pattern tow, Jim hopped out of the vintage Schweizer 2-22 and Preston launched solo for a nice flight that lasted about 20 minutes. Later that day he went up one more time by himself for a total flight time for the day of just under an hour.

Preston is a Freshman at St George’s Independent School in Collierville, Tennessee.

Thank you Jimbob for your time and patience getting Preston to the special milestone of that initial “First Solo”.

See Preston’s First Solo from Steve Vihlen on Vimeo.

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