The two most important things are learning to trim your plane, and the above articles are great for that, and second, learning to truly fly straight and level, parallel to the runway and at 150m in front of you. The best way to do this is to get a helper. Have him mark off 150m and walk out there and practice flying over his head. Keep doing this til you are sick of it, and then do it some more. I still do this every year when I haven't flown for a while, just to get back into the swing of things. Really makes a big different really understanding how your plane looks when it is truly level. Do a turnaround on each end and concentrate on coming back over the same line at the same altitude. Once you get these basics down, then adding maneuvers is much easier than chasing the plane around the sky..

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