The first solo is usually a confidence builder for the learner.
No professional CFI is going to endorse you for solo flight unless you’ve done all 15 of the items listed under cFAR 61.87, and you can consistently perform them to a safe standard as outlined in the syllabus and/or the published Airman Certificate Standards.
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