At Parafield, on instructor, German? I think, had a difficult accent, too
But his, or your.. main problem was spitting over the side. You got warning if you heard him 'clear his throat'...but ..you had to watch him then because he used to lean from side to side before he let go..
Watch, wait and move right if he went left.
Get it wrong and you might cop a goozie on the goggles ! Once hit, forever shy !
The smell of cut grass on the all-over field, light signals, and eye balls dancing about to spot all the other traffic....
An abiding memory is a vertical view of PFD from 7000', when diving to turn the prop after an engine shut down. It was winter too, and my hands and feet were bleeden freezen.!
And by and by,.. a cloud took all away.