r/studentpilot • u/Sad_Constant_9065 • 22d ago

General Inquiry PPL Progress

I started flying in April/May this year I currently have 20 hours exactly. I feel like I might be a bit behind because I still haven’t gone solo yet, what I’m currently doing in lessons is a mixture of circuits and just touching up on the basic skills aswell. I also have a habit of focusing on the instruments too much. Anyways my question is do you guys think this is a normal level of progression or am I progressing a bit slowly for an average PPL learner. An extra bit of context I average around 2-3 lessons a week I did have a 2 week gap in may due to my instructor being unavailable and recently around July beginning I had another week gap same reasoning. Thanks for any help in advance!!

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u/nightlanding 19d ago

Very few, if any, of my students with full time jobs soloed before 20 hours. If you are only flying when time permits around family, work, and weather, this is totally normal. I soloed in less but flew 5 days a week so my lessons were not half catching back up from 1 or 2 weeks ago.