That's very true, Brad. That's the way I was taught, never realized it until I had been flying with the buddy box for some time.. well, perhaps a month.. I was a slow learner.. but I asked about that and the instructor suggested I try to take off on the next flight. Well, I flubbed that up pretty good and realized that perhaps I will follow his lead and go with the flow.

Later, after another couple weeks of flying two or three times a week, well, I finally got the hang of it and what control to use and when to use it.

It paid off after I solo'ed because once I finally got the hang of it, well, I went out on my own. The day was very windy with a pretty good cross wind. But, the way our field is, there is a tree line behind the flight line, about 50 feet behind us. And it ends abruptly about 100 feet down. So, when the wind is on our backs, it is usually over the tops of the trees, until you get to where the tree line ends, and it funnels through that opening at a pretty good rate. So, take off begins, then the plane is rolling and accelerating, then the plane gets in that sudden change and gets hit by the cross wind.

I learned pretty quick about cross wind with a high wing-high dihedral aircraft. I would have never dealt with that during training, but once I had flight time, and had a better handle on the take off, well, it was scary.. but I was able to handle it. Landings were a trip too. But, all that is what we call experience, and there is only one way to get it.

Hossfly said it.. the 'I want it now' crowd just doesn't get it. The word 'experience' does not exist in their dictionary.

CGr.