It finally happened. First flight was with instructor. We did break out, then go around and two touch n goes followed by full stop. Entire sortie lasted a little more than .5 hours. I taxied to park and shut engine down. IP jumped out and did a walk around. Crew chief hooked up cart and I did an engine run to cool it down. Then I started her up and taxied to run up area. After run up I taxied to hold short and said "Number one, Wings40, patterns, two pins stowed" Then I had to wait for what felt like 30 minutes just to get clearance to take off. I kept looking around cockpit thinking I forgot something. But other than IP in the back, everything was fine. Clearance received and off I went. I still can't believe they allowed me to take her for a spin. There was no drama in pattern. When I was coming to first landing, they for some reason waved me off. No idea what for as it looked right on profile, but I heard "On final, go around". Power max, counteract torque with rudder, gear and flaps up and climb to 500AGL. Next touch-n-go, I touched only with left gear and went around. Next pattern after I touched down and and took off, I heard two clicks on a radio. I'm not sure if that was directed at me, but usually that means either good landing or "roger". Finally, I landed and taxied to chocks. Nothing unusual happened there. My GPS showed FLT = 22 minutes.
I tried to sneak back into flight room, but guys caught me quickly as I stepped into our building. So flight mates took me to kiddy pool, I removed my flight gear and got thrown into horribly dirty tank with water color of flight suit.
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