Result!...

So flight 2 of the day done. It's the last flight for a few weeks as I'm off with my son and wife to visit family. So I was really keen to nail
My circuits this flight after the first today being a little scruffy. Having said that they are the better of the ones I've done.
To add to the general mix of today Dave had me doing the radio coms. Not too bad as through my working lifenive been using radios quite extensively. The biggest issue is the order of the information transmitted. Also the quality and intensity of coms compared to taht at sea or even land based Search and Rescue, is very different. A lot of critical info is passed in a short 'blurt' of coms so you have to keep your ear on overwatch the whole time. Add into that instructions and questions from Dave and, oh yes, the whole flying and not crashing thing. It's fair to say there a lot to do.
Second half we did some more auto rotaiotns (more? I hear you say. Well yes, it's a very good skill to practice as it's the fine line between life and death in the event of engine failure)and lots of circuits. Getting better at my FREDATT (Fuel, Radio, Engine,Direction, Altimimeter, Trim, Transponder) checks. More importantly I am getting better at my circuits and my approach for landing. Take offs are back to how they were a few sessions ago and landings are consistent even in the gusty wind. My final circuit of the session was spot on. I think Ive been getting a bit bogged down with the instrumentation and not 'flying' the aircraft. For the last one both Dave and I said nothing and I found myself lest focused on the inside but more on the outside. It helped massively. I felt more like I was flying Microsoft Flight Sim FSX. Very happy with where I'm currently at. 17.3 hrs done so far so need to sort medical and my Aviation Law exam for when I'm back from Oz. Should be soloing very soon. Eek! So until then, lots of studying.

17.3 hrs flying at this stage