Finally restarted my flying lessons.

I had the pre-solo check ride Friday. It was a great learning experience, and I need to learn more before I'm ready to solo. My basic airmanship skills seem to be OK, but I need to work on situational awareness: having the big picture of traffic near me, and airspace awareness. Also, consistently using checklists.

I was supposed to have a lesson tomorrow, but the plane I had reserved is in Montana and won't be back until tomorrow night. I'm leaving on a 10-day vacation, Tuesday. and the runway is closed for repaving for a week so the earliest I can fly would be the 31st. (Edited to change the date.)
 
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Crashnburn said:
I had the pre-solo check ride Friday. It was a great learning experience, and I need to learn more before I'm ready to solo. My basic airmanship skills seem to be OK, but I need to work on situational awareness: having the big picture of traffic near me, and airspace awareness. Also, consistently using checklists.

I was supposed to have a lesson tomorrow, but the plane I had reserved is in Montana and won't be back until tomorrow night. I'm leaving on a 10-day vacation, Tuesday. and the runway is closed for repaving for a week so the earliest I can fly would be the 31st. (Edited to change the date.)
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I had my first lesson in more than a month yesterday. The weather was severe clear and light winds. I had a new (to me) instructor. I did a power off stall, a power on stall, 6 touch and goes and one landing to a full stop, with almost zero input from my instructor.

Funny thing, on my first landing, I had the plane in the flare for what seemed like forever, which is what they've been trying to get me to do forever.

I bounced one landing because I didn't start my roundout soon enough, but much better, AFAIC, than too high.

I'm starting to make noises about doing a leaseback at Vector Air. I have the contact information of the person to talk to about it. If he's not interested, then that'll be it. I have read Cap'n Jack's leaseback advice.

I'm not trying to make money with a leaseback, just take care of some of my rental costs, and most importantly, have a plane that has a schedule I can depend on. At the beginning of the week, I had a lesson scheduled for M - F. This morning, Tuesday's and Wednesday's lessons have been cancelled.
 
So when is the new projected solo date? Sounds like you are ready!
 
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