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Picture of the day: First touchdown at home

By General Aviation News Staff · April 29, 2015 ·

Grant Purdue sent in this photo, taken Feb. 14, of his first touchdown on his backyard strip in Prince George, BC. Canada.

Grant PurdueHe explains: “I received my private pilots license on Dec. 24, 2014 — had a whole 70 hours solo logged at the time. I’m looking forward to many more landings.”

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  1. Kyle says

    April 29, 2015 at 3:32 pm

    That is awesome!! You should post a video of some of your landings.

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