User:SlashleeANSEPUAA/First solo flight

Traditions
(Various traditions or rites of passage have developed around "soloing", including drenching the student with water,[3] or cutting off the back of their shirt.[4]) With the end of your first solo flight the Instructor will cut off the tail of your shirt. The reason for this was back in the beginning of the American fight history there was no communication system like what we have today. The result of which would be the instructor would give you commands by tugging on the tail of your shirt. So make sure you wear something not too important. Afterwards, you and your instructor will sign it, the shirttail can also be decorated with the tail number or other things related to you or your training.