Graybeard,
I flew about 5 flights with CGretired as my instructor (yup 4 flights and soloed, Man is he good) I put the trainer away after 2 weeks
and started flying a tiger 2. I had maybe 5 or 6 flights on the tiger and was getting pretty good at loops and rolls and flying a straight
line when the gentlemen referred to in CG's post "RON" walked up behind me and asked me to do 3 rolls in a row, I screwed that up
pretty bad and we continued to work on those 3 rolls until I could do them without deviating from my current heading. It was now late november
and getting cold so we worked on the loop and vertical line for a few flights and the season was over. February comes around and we started
right where we left off. he handed me the Pattern sportsman routine and explained every maneuver and proceeded to instruct (sometimes raising
his voice) until I could fly every maneuver semi respectable. In may I was asked if I would like to attend a pattern competition? I figured I would give it
a shot so I went. The first flight of the day had 3 men sitting in a chair behind me with clipboards ready to judge, the guy in the far left chair was RON,
talk about pressure. I love flying precision aerobatics and can't seem to stop, I have to say though that I haven't had as much fun flying as I did those
first five flights. I enjoy flying but I feel like everytime I takeoff with an aerobatic plane I am being judged and have to fly perfect, It does take some
of the fun out of it.