Ha ha! Yes...I remember messing up one manoeuvre, and fully expected my pal in the back seat (instructor) to say "My control". What he actually said as we went inverted was "What you gonna do about that, then?"
Like you said (partly), apply brain, work it out, fly the plane. Getting it as technically right as it was possible for me to do was half the fun and challenge.
I hasten to add I had flown with him many times, and we were well over two mistakes high.
Last edited by Blues&twos; 25th Dec 2012 at 18:56.