Well I have been spending a lot of time at our fly field. One thing that I have found that helped me greatly is Flying on consecutive days. I flew 3 out of 4 days a week ago and boy did it make a huge difference. Besides the added stick time you don't get an opportunity to forget things. Also found starting and ground checks became second nature very quickly.

This won't be possible for everyone but if you can get an instructor to do this with you I swear it will be a difference maker!!

I am lucky enough to be trained by a fanatic! (Thanks Terry if you read this.) I know a few guys that have struggled to get comfortable with their planes due to the fact the most they got out was once a week.

Just my 2 cents worth.

Best of luck to all

Del

G'day Del,

I totally agree, as an instructor, it all comes down to practice, the more you get the better, & if you can get almost continuous practice, with a rest in between, (overnight), all the better.
When my girlfriend was first learning, she was not working & I was on holidays, we went flying, on average, 4 times a week, for 5 weeks, & she was doing consecutive touch & goes, by the end of my holidays, & she could not land at all, when we started.
So have a plan, of what you need to practice, it might be landing, or taking off, or loops or rolls, whatever, practice, practice, practice, it will make a huge difference.

Sage advice, alan0899. Get as much stick time in as you possibly can. When you go flying, always have an item or two that you specifically want to practice on improving.

For me it's been wing-overs (sometimes called stall turns) lately. I was practicing my loops last fall and I knew I was doing something right when I got compliments from a couple of the clubs' long-time pattern flyers. My wing-over turns are simply awful at the moment, but I'm getting a little better at them.

Way to go Del .
I spent 4 full days at the field last week, went on the 5th day , and had a bad case of burnout. Luckily I did not crash, but for some reason was all dumb thumbs. and I could`nt have flown a kite that day if I had too. . lol
Having an instructor that's got the time to spend with you , is priceless . You`ll be ready for your second plane in no time.
I`ve seen our instructors show up at the field , and never get a break from training , or the newbies. And they never complain and are always ready to help, no matter how worn out they are. Many times they don`t even get to fly thier own planes.
I had entertained the idea of becoming an instructor , but you`ve got to have the patience of a Saint, I just don`t have it. lol
Alan0899, your right on the money , rest is very important . I find when I`m tiered I fly poorly and usually come home with a plane that needs a few repairs.

As an instructor I can tell you that this is absolutely true!!! There are many times that as soon as I taxi back in with one student I will have another one starting up and ready to go out. Since we don't have a set aside day for training I teach on regular flying days. I have one rule that I tell all of my students on these days. I always get one flight in before I start teaching. This usually isn't a problem because I try to show up at the field before anybody else is there, but when I don't my students understand and let me have a flight of my own first. Most of the time I will use my own flight as a training aid, I'll have the students come out with me as I fly and answer any questions they may have. Since I have my plane in the air already it's easy for me to use it to demonstrate what I am telling my students.

But to answer the original post, yes it helps in the learning process if a student can get out regularly day after day.

Ken