Hi all,
I had a bad experience yesterday. Went down to the club to fly and was nervous all day before I flew. I have not felt like this before and don't know why as I had a great time last week when I was gliding. The only thing I could put it down to was that I knew I would be flying with an instructor I had not flown with before...
I was so nervous I nearly went home and didnt fly, but I stuck around and when my time came went up with the CFI for the first time. I don't know what went wrong but my co-ordination was completely out, and then when we were on approach and about to land I completely failed to round out in time and had to be rescued by the CFI on the controls. I've had a few bumpy landings before but never had the instructor grab the controls off me.
I know I'm only new to this but would appreciate some input from any of you really? I feel like everything that could go wrong, did go wrong. I made a better approach next time, but still missed the round out. The ground seemed to come up very fast and again the CFI took the controls to ensure we didnt hit the ground hard. Through all of this the instructor was extremely good with me, very patiant, and explained quite a few things I've not properly understood before.
Just to give you all some background I've had 14 flights now, in total about 1hr 40 mins in the air. Last week my landings were good, in similar conditions, similar wind (although I was in the Grob Twin last time, this time I was in the K13).
Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts or can offer any advice as to what has happened to me, or why things suddenly seem to be going badly when they have been going so well, then I am listening!
Thanks,
D