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Old 1st April 2001 | 05:08
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kabz
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Thanks. I think that transitioning to looking at the end of the runway in the flare did definitely help. Also, flying a bit slower on approach helped. Reducing power during the flare, rather than coming across the threshold also helped a bit. Learning to lead with the rudder and counter with aileron when in a crosswind also helped. Transitioning gently to level flight without ballooning, then holding the nose up as long as possible also helped.


All the above describes me at my best. My last landing was easily as good as any I've seen. The tryes didn't so much as chirp on touchdown. That's the exception. I know I can land in crosswinds also. This is a confidence thing, not a flying ability thing.


However, that last flying hour, I just didn't want to be there. I know that if I can just string a couple of decent lessons together, I will have the chief instructor left seat again to check me out for solo, and I will be wetting myself, and it will go tits up again. It will go tits up, because I will be too scared to make the appropriate corrective control inputs. I would probably be ok on a dead calm day, but if there is any wind, I will be so worried about the other guy taking the airplane from me that I am essentially paralysed. It's just wretched. I know this post sounds really self pitying and whiny, but it all fell apart last lesson and I can hardly bear to inflict this pain on my instructor (who just had a student solo and break the gear off) let alone myself.