I think I only died once

[cjsmith]

After my lesson Benjamin asked "So what's your assessment?"

My reply was that I was all over the sky. He claims it wasn't that bad, and on rational reflection I have to admit that there's only one time I would have failed to land safely (one of the simulated engine failures). But it just wasn't solid, y'know?

There's a lot of LITTLE stuff that needs fixing. I'm usually, but not always, keeping the ball centered on climbout. I'm usually, but not always, keeping good control of the airspeed both on the climbout and on the approach. I'm usually, except for just one time, keeping very good alignment of the aircraft with the runway centerline on short final and flare.

Benjamin says there's not one thing that stands out for me to work on: "it all just needs to gel." Me, I get worried when I hear something like that. I start to think "So I just wait for the Good Piloting Fairy to wave her magic wand?" I have had lots of situations in my life where the only thing I could really do was wait for the ________ Fairy to come by. So far I have been disappointed every time. I hope this isn't one of those.

LVK tomorrow, if the weather holds.

Comments

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

Cool. Yeah, it's very annoying when repetition is the best thing, because I'm like "I did this already! I'm not learning anything new!" But in fact parts of me are. The very slow parts. :)

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Article on how to become good at stuff - the graphic says it all. Most people aren't willing to suck at something for as long as it takes. That would SO be me.