Saturday was my first time to fly by myself. I have been to the field about three times and was starting to get frustrated that everytime I hade time to fly there was no one at the field. When I went to the field this time there was just one person there and he said the only way you learn is by doing. He told me if I could take the plane off, he would land it. I felt good about flying but from all the bad things i have heard about landing I thought it would be way to hard. So I took the plane up(LT-40) and did some fly-by practices and then he talked me through the landing. What a rush to bring it in for the first time. That day I did three more flights by myself. It rained the next day so I am dying to get back out to the field. That was the best. I knew everyone here would understand the excitement.

Good for you and keep practicing!

I always recommend practicing the approach down to about 5-10 feet, then go around. Once you can make good approaches, the landing will be easy. Doing it this way saves a lot of wear and tear on the plane. The better you get, the lower you can go before you go around.

Tom

Congradulations

Good for you! Well done, and welcome to the hobby.

Wow, another ATTABOY is due!

I'll whip one up on Monday when I'm back at the office!