My first solo - and the worst flight of my life

Get a new instructor.

Three of us shared the same instructor until we each were private
pilots but there were sessions when each of us was not comfortable
with him. Later, we learned that he hated our profession...engineering
and therefore was not pleased to fly with us.

After getting the private, I had to do transition training in tailwheel
planes and so a new to me instructor was assigned.

Like night and day!! Incredible how quickly he picked up on things and
how readily they were corrected.

Flying with and being instructed by him was a real pleasure so the
benefit to all of us was that I went on with him through a Commercial
license.

The only regret was that I or we three had not changed instructors
after the first "realization" hours with the first one.


Best of luck and you will!! enjoy the ride with other instructors.

Neal