First circuits and landings.
Well, after 6 hours, on Monday mid-morning I did my first circuits with 5 T/G and a full stop. After a couple of demos from my instructor and the inital couple of landings with much assistance from the intructor, I did manage to get the plane down in one piece with no more than just verbal assitance from the instructor.
I can honestly say those last few seconds as the plane is about to touch down felt like an eternity. It was very tempting to flare too early especially with the ground rapidly approaching and it doesn't help the nerves one bit when the instructor tells you to "drive the plane right into the mark". But do you know what, when you resist the urge to flare early and wait until just the right moment, it makes for the sweetest of landings. By the end of the lesson I must've sweated off a couple of pounds because my shirt was absolutely drenched in sweat(it didn't help that it was like 30 degrees outside).
I do hope it gets easier with time. Do you ever lose that feeling, which seems to be an equal mix of fear, excitement and dread, when you come in to land?