Have Confidence In Your Flight Training

by E-NewsCast Team
March 17th, 2010

When you learn to fly,everything is new to you. It is a lot of fun, but you are putinto situations that you haven’t been put into before. And it’sa lot of fun but a lot of times it can be pretty spooky. Let’ssay that you are flying for the first time through moderateturbulence, it’s really bumpy and uncomfortable and you are notused to it. It can be pretty rough for a new student. Also, another thing that can make new students a little bitnervous is landing. And yes, landing is its own adventure. Whenyou are at a higher altitude, you have a lot of room for errorand you feel more comfortable. So approaching the ground can bea little daunting. So here’s what I want to say to you, the student pilot (I don’tcare if you have 10 hours of flying time or 10,000 hours, youalways need to be a student) – Have confidence in yourself. Let me say this again: Have confidence in yourself. At first, when you are just beginning to land, you feel like youhave no control over the airplane. It’s only because it isn’tsecond nature to you yet. Don’t worry about that. When you areready to solo, your instructor will let you know. Trust theirdecision (make sure you have a good instructor though). Theyhave been exactly where you are now. It’s okay if you don’tgrease every landing on like a pro. When you are ready to solo,you may not be Bob Hoover, but at least you are a safe pilot. Many of my students are ready to solo before they have theconfidence. They have the ability, but not the confidence yet.(Don’t worry, I let them build their confidence as well beforethey solo.) There will come a point in your training when it will click. Youwill get it. The final approach, the flare, the touchdown androllout. It will all make sense, and now you can work onperfecting your landings, as opposed to figuring out how to notblow the tires on touchdown. Another piece of advice; when it comes to landing, or anythingthat you are struggling with, don’t get stressed out. Becoming aprivatepilot is fun. Make it fun for yourself. Don’t beat yourselfup after a not so great landing. If you are getting toofrustrated, go play golf, or go fishing, or watch your favoritemovie. There are plenty of things that are less expensive thanflying. Make sure you are mentally ready for each lesson, andremember to keep it fun.

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