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Old 04-10-2005 | 07:24 PM
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Default RE: Flight Write up with pics

Newb,
I've got to agree with the last 2 posts. You really need to put the trainer back together and get some more airtime on it.

While the 4* is a good second plane and a great low wing trainer, it's not good for stepping into so quickly. Yes, you can more directly to the 4* with the help of your instructor, but you're going to be in for a surprise. That "unexpected gust of wind" that wrecked your trainer is going to be even harder to handle in the 4*.

Everybody that flys airplanes goes through the same thing. When experienced pilots take off in that situation we react from "instincts", and handle the situation. We kept practicing until we didn't have to think about what we were doing anymore, we handled things like that without thinking. That is called instincts. Your trainer is designed to be forgiving in situations like you encountered today so that you can practice and develop your instincts, the 4* is going to be a little less forgiving than your trainer, and so on down the line with your 3rd, 4th, etc ... planes. If you don't develop those instincts now you're going to be in more trouble on the 4*.

I hope you don't think that I'm lecturing you because that isn't what I'm trying to do. All of us just want to see you succeed in this hobby, that's why we are advising you the way we are. When we see you trying to rush things we know from experience what can happen. We're only trying to help.