Met Jon595 at the field this evening and had a great couple of flights. On the first he took off and then handed the Avistar off to me. I flew some race track patterns and a few figure eights. He then had me fly a little lower to get comfortable at pattern altitude or so. After that he took the Tx back and landed. He flew his bird again and when he was done I was ready to take another go at it. He again took off and handed it to me, I began to fly low approaches to landing attitude at altitude and gradually brought it down to where the approaches were about 10 feet from the ground over the runway. After doing this for some time I decided to try a landing. First attempts were no good and I waved it off, second and third were not as smooth as I felt comfortable with and I waved them off as well but on the fourth or fifth I touched down and taxied back to midfield. Jon595 asked if i would like to take off and I did. Took off flew the pattern to a wave off and on the second attempt landed, a bit bouncy but safe and no damage. I will begin working on all the maneuvers the club wants me to be proficient with this week. Hopefully this Saturday i can get signed off by the club instructor and be legal to fly solo at the club. I love this sport.

ZK