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Old 7th March 2011 | 19:52
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SNS3Guppy
 
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Good call. You'll be glad you did.

Flying skills are perishable. We can all use a little instruction.

I fly for a living, and have been doing that since I was a teenage kid. I've been going back for recurrent instruction on a regular basis for several decades now, and I always learn something new, and I always appreciate the dual.

A long time ago I was gone for two years, not flying. When I left, I wore the airplane like a second skin. I thought something and the airplane did it. When I came back, I didn't feel any different, but when I got in an airplane with a flight instructor, I learned that I thought one thing, and the airplane did something else.

No matter how much flight time we have, we can still use more training and regular recurrent checks. Think about it this way: if professionals flying for a living need it regularly and benefit from the insight oversight, and review, what does this say for all of us? Never turn down a chance to get some good training.

I'm a licensed skydiver. I've been away from parachuting at times for a period of time. Even though I'm licensed and have my own equipment, and even though the FAA has no regulations specifying currency, I always seek out a jump instructor and get some training before I jump again. I'll go through packing, emergency procedures in a harness, and make one or two jumps with an instructor before I go on my own. Take training whenever you can. None of us think we need it; we feel just the same, we feel like we remember everything, we feel it's like riding a bicycle, right?

Enjoy the training and the time. There's plenty of time to get your airplane some lift when you're done.
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