More Balance

Fly the airplane. Don't overthink the details. But keep an eye on the details. Look outside the cockpit, check inside cockpit. Don't try to drive by the altimeter and airspeed indicator alone, any more than you would drive down the road staring at the speedometer. Calm down. Enjoy the ride. All good advice. I just need to strike a good balance. I guess that's what experience will bring. The book work is going well... CFI says I pick things up quickly. We will see if I remember the things that I pick up quickly. Still having a great time. It is truly like riding a motorcycle, though, in some respects. It's about smooth, and flow, and control.

We flew last night before the snow hit. Did some ground-reference maneuvers (S turns across a road, circles around a point, and flying a rectangular pattern). I did pretty well for my first shot at some of those. The latter comes in handy in the landing pattern. The two former for precision in flight. I knew I was doing ok when I cut through my own wake turbulence on the circle maneuver. At least my altitude was stable, anyway. As for a constant radius...maybe not so much.

Maybe flying in the morning. Will decide tonight after a weather check. The CFI is about as skeptical of the accuracy of the local weather forecasters as I am. One of these days I hope to go out and take a few pictures of the planes and maybe me in my big-boy headsets. Should be fun.