Jon wrote:
Now have 12.7 hours logged and doing lots of touch and go landings. My
CFI is still working at my cross wind landings before he lets me go
solo. One thing he has me doing on nearly every flight is to bank and
keep the nose going straight and hold altitude too. Said its for cross
wind landings practice. Anyone else doing this?
Jon

It's a good exercise. If you can manage all three, you have three
important skills needed for crosswind landing:

1. Landing without sideways drift.
2. Landing with the nose aligned with the runway.
3. Control of the descent.

It's handy to try this fairly low above a long runway as it gives you
a good reference to hold straight.