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Old 5th Sep 2002, 15:11
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Don D Cake
 
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Stick with it and don't worry. I went through a phase of thinking I would never be able to land an aeroplane. I nearly gave up. I couldn't cope with crosswinds, that is I couldn't cope with controlling the flare and adjusting the yaw and controlling the drift all at once. If I concentrated on one aspect the other two would suffer. My instructor took me away from the circuit and we did other stuff like navigation, slow flight etc. Then I had 5 hours of either calm winds or wind straight down the runway and I soloed.

During the last few hours of circuits it kind of clicked into place. I began to see the "whole picture" crosswind landings rather than each induividual component in turn. It was a weird experience.

Keep going, if I can do it, anyone can
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