It felt good to be back in the plane today. During my time away (a little less\u00a0than two weeks), I became very anxious about my training. Mostly due to the last lesson I had and my poor performance, but also just about the speed at which this training is occurring and the cost associated. My plan from the beginning was to minimize cost by flying no less then twice a week, and hopefully fly three times a week when able. More flying = more retention = quicker training program = less cost. It’s a fairly easy formula to follow.<\/p>\n
Nevertheless, I’m committed to earning my PPL during this period in my life and that desire was reinforced today during a pretty decent pattern session on Runway 13. My first time landing\/departing 13 was a trick. Wow\u2014it took a good amount of effort just to fly a rectangular pattern; something I haven’t had trouble with since the easy lessons. The wind was very calm for my first few landings\u00a0(thankfully) and I brought the plane\u00a0down gently. A few of the landings were relatively flat, and a few I could have aligned the nose better, but for my first time back at it, I was happy and so was my instructor.<\/p>\n
The last landing today made me smile. A crosswind had presented itself by the end of the lesson, and if you’ve been reading along, you’ll know from my previous posts that I don’t do well with crosswind. But everything came together quite well. I stabilized the approach and used the right amount of aileron and rudder to keep the plane aligned all the way to touchdown. 1, 2, 3. I could distinctly hear each wheel touch the pavement\u2014exactly how it should sound when landing with a crosswind. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
We called it a day after that landing. I’m happy to be back in the plane and excited to keep trucking toward my solo flight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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