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Flying Laughs and Jokes My first wife didn't like to fly, either. — Gordon Baxter That's not flying, that's just falling with style. — Woody, from the 1996 movie 'Toy Story,' regarding Buzz Lightyear. There is an art . . . to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself...

My CFI mentioned "solo" last week, and I was shocked to even hear the word at this point in my training. But it did get me thinking more seriously about the whole reason for signing off a student to fly solo. Upon reflection I realized that the purpose of the solo isn't only a "rite of passage"...