I finally did it!!!

[Mad Girl]

As I chose to put a big thank you on a public forum I should also put up an apology in the same place.

I don’t want to start my solo flying by casting aspersions on another pilot.

Originally Posted by Mad Girl

Thank you for teaching me sufficient restraint so that I didn’t press the PTT and let everyone know how bad my language can be when an airplane suddenly appeared in front of me on Final (I didn’t even hear him call downwind!!).

I went back to the air/ground controller and asked him if the airplane in question had cut in front of me or whether he had always been in front and I hadn’t seen him.

The guy was ALWAYS in front and my lookout and listen out was crap – so to him I apologise!!.

If I had seen him….I could have flown a longer downwind leg and set myself up for a landing first time around and wouldn’t have had to put myself through a go-around and another circuit complete with another loss of visual contact with all the panic that went with it - totally MY fault.

I still need to understand what other options I could have given myself on the go-around and second circuit but no doubt my instructor will sort me out in my next lesson – when I’m capable of listening to him and taking it in.

I hope…. apology accepted.

I hope….. lesson learned, and I hope….I’ll be a better pilot with improved situational awareness going forwards