Jay Honeck wrote:

What do you guys do to stay sharp?

1.) Chart folding in flight is a skill that is 'way under appreciated.
One should practice that sometimes.

2.) For me, fast-flight practice requires real effort and I should do
more of that. Slow-flight is an everyday thing.

3.) Take offs are a very good maneuver to practice. Sometimes I miss
the trees by a little, other times by a lot. Maybe I should practice
the "miss 'em by a lot" thing more often.

4.) Landings. On pavement. Yikes!!! (Landing on the grass, she's a
pussycat and don't every let anyone tell you otherwise.)

5.) Every once in a while I practice looking where I'm going... except
when I'm landing. That's too scary to contemplate and I don't
understand how anyone could get used to doing that.

6.) Finally, when I have lots of time and gas, I sometimes practice
climbing above 1500 agl. This one takes so much time that I don't
like to do it very often.

Dave Russell
N2S-3 (that means, "Stearman," btw)