Sorry to say it, but some here are IMHO talking WAY past this guys experience level - all this stuff about "feeling" the aircraft is great, but in my experience there are very few low experience pilots that will be able to do it. At this stage I would say that doing things by rote works well so LEARN all the bits about "I do this here, next I do this". Feeling what the aircraft is doing is easy when you can do it, but most people cannot learn this sort of flying straight off. Things such as teaching people with the instruments covered helps, but they still need the basics such as level from a climb, allow the aircraft to accelerate and
then reduce power.
