The most important thing about learning to fly is to not give up. It
would be easy to do that when you become uncomfortable about any one of
the many aspects of learning to fly. Stick to it and what was
overwhelming last week will be easy next week.

I used to whip myself into a near panic attack thinking about landings.
The real thing was never as bad as I dreamed up. I did have a few
bounces and I thought that the landing gear was surely damaged beyond
repair, but it wasn't so. I would walk up and down the road near the
school before my lesson in order to relax my anxiety. It worked and now
I don't walk anywhere but into the FBO to get the keys to the plane. It
helped me to talk to other students in person and through this news
group. Seems like everyone has had similar experiences during the
training phase of learning to fly.

Practice builds confidence and enables you to become less tense about
the unusual attitudes you are placing your previously earthbound body.
Stick with it and enjoy the moments you will have in the air.


Tom