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I'm actually excited to try landings again. I never really made the connection to approach speed = better landings (as @Albany Tom mentioned above) until doing ground school and watching several Youtube videos. Then I understood the science behind it and now it makes sense. Hopefully I can apply...

Yesterday was beautiful - warm and sunny with a nice breeze. This morning the house was shaking from the thunderstorm that was dropping a ton of rain in Austin. o_O

This, combined with mandm's advice to "Get the written exam done if possible" makes me think I should pull back a bit, get the medical & written out of the way, then worry about getting over the hump. I'll probably still reach out to Beth at Pilot's Choice to see if I can turn a Discovery flight...

I like that analogy. It seems to me that there is a lot of muscle memory in flying and with the infrequency that I was flying, I was not able to build up that muscle memory. That's why I want to stand at the free throw line for several days in a row - or at least multiple days in a week. That's...

"When you spread your flying out over that many months, it's no surprise that you didn't develop any consistency with regards to landings" ^^^ This is exactly why I want to fy more frequently, but not too often. 1) This is pretty much the answer I was hoping for from the flight schools I...

Hello All! I started on my PPL at KSNA (Orange County, CA) in 2007, moved to St. Louis and flew some more at 1H0 (Creve Coeur, MO), then stopped flying. In total, I have over 42 hours of flight time - all pre-solo - including 6 hours of tailwheel time. I currently reside in Austin, TX. I'm...