1. When flying into sunstrike and vis. is not at its best; complete an orbit where you are and the wing (or strut if its a high wing) will momentarily block the sun and give you a suprisingly good picture of whats ahead.
2. At night avoid the use of your landing light - You wont blind people about to line up and hey - you never know when it will quit on you and youll have to make do without it so you might aswell learn to live without it.
3. Not sure if its common practice but dont taxi or fly in cloud with your strobes - your night vis will be remakably better.
4. If you get the oppurtunity, sit in the back when one of your mates is on a dual flight - Its suprisingly easy to spot someones faults while sitting in the back and you can make the most of thier sitution to improve your own ability.
5. Dont take passengers who are not pilots up on a rough day