This type of license has a ground school component and also requires logged instructor - lead and solo flight time to complete. (realestatethings.net)
I began my training in 1982 and by spring of the following year I had completed all the necessary elements up to that first solo flight. (totalpolitics.com)
The hotel famously hosted Charles Lindbergh's celebrations as he historically completed the first solo flight across the Atlantic and named the hotel bar in his honour. (breakingtravelnews.com)