Agree. My son and I both soloed last fall but haven't flown since. That situation changed this past week and we've made 4 trips up to the field and pretty much killed a gallon of fuel.

We're still using our trainer (Sig LT-40) so have been flying in more breezy conditions as well as practicing approaches and those bounce 'n go's - even some honest landings. Sometimes we'll land, turn around, taxi back to the downwind end of the runway and go right back up.

We've also been practicing stalls, getting into unnatural situations and recovering, doing loops, rolls, split S's and even tried inverted flight. It *can* be done with a trainer!

We plan to get the most out of our trainer before jumping to our 2nd model. Already have that - a H9 UltraStick 40 ARF. I'll need a better radio if I want to do a 4 servo wing setup on the US so for now, we're flying the wings off the LT-40.