The aviation gods finally agreed to let me fly again.
Yesterday I5 and I did the soft field dual and it went great. There were however many mental lapses which I'll need to work on. Again I'll chalk them up to a combination of experience and currency. It truly is amazing how much better you are if you fly more often.
Today was the solo portion of the soft field and again my performance was quite weak. I stayed up for over 90 minutes in the air trying to correct a horrible job of landing that I was doing. I was fighting the crosswinds the entire way in. It wasn't so much the crosswind as it was the fact that the winds were inconsistent in direction and speed. I did a number of touch and gos to see if I could figure it out but it was no help. To make matters worse my left creep had come back again. This was the problem I had for the longest time where during the takeoff roll of a touch and go (or the go rather) I would make a beeline for the grass on the left.
The flight was extremely frustrating for me. I went home extremely disappointed with my performance.
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I know this is late in coming, but hang in there! It's perfectly normal to have off days during your training, particularly if you've been away for a while.
The crosswind lesson is a good one, having gusty crosswinds forces you to constantly reevaluate your ground track. This is a vital skill that will come into play when visiting other fields that have winds that suddenly change as you clear the tree line (such as Lincoln Park, NJ). The crab angle that was working for the entire final needs to be thrown out the window at 50ft, and then changed again just before touchdown due to weird swirling winds.
Gusty is good for training.
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