These two photos must have been taken using Brian Bauries' camera. The one on the left is Brian and the hot guy from our flight. The second is Brian getting hosed down after his check ride and solo flight.
If your evaluator thought you passed the FSP, you landed, he got out, and you got to take off solo, circle around the field one time by yourself, and land. You got hosed down after that in a very old ceremony for solo pilots.
I remember the day or two it happened for for our class. (I, of course, did not solo nor did I get hosed down.) One guy did everything right on his check ride. His evaluator got out and sent him on his way. He proceeded to fly off the runway sideways, the wheels of his T-41 churning up the tall grasses off to the side of the runway before he finally got fully airborne. His evaluator was yelling for the tower to tell him to land immediately. He had blown it on his solo flight.
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