Originally Posted by Michael Jeffs
What I have actually found, is that Neil generally didn't tell me that I was going to taxi, take off or land.. he just let it happen. I suppose some of this might have been down to the fact that I mentioned to him what I asked you guys about in my opening thread. He must have had some confidence in me from the offset.
None of my instructors have pre-warned me about taxiing or taking off either. I think it works better if it's just thrown at you and you have to take control and get on with it. Obviously they talk you through it and assist where necessary.
I asked him after lesson 2 about this and he explained that he already knew how to take off and land, so there wasn't much point in him doing either. I however, needed to learn, master and become confident in both so it makes more sense for me to do it.
At my club this is usually applied to orbiting - we have to wait to land quite a bit so turning is taught just after straight and level.
Good luck with the next lesson Mike - climbing and descending turns aren't too hard
