On Apr 27, 3:15*pm, vic20owner wrote:
Any beginners interested in chatting about their experiences thus far?
I some time practicing various stalls, turning stalls, and turning
stall with airbrakes, and it was lots of fun. *Was also practicing
take offs and landing approach, but due to the 15knt wind the
instructor would take over just before touch down (about 20 feet
up). * Last approach of the day, made the 800ft downwind, 600ft base
leg, 400ft turning onto final approach then to my surprise I see the
tow plane towing a glider directly towards us up the runway. *I told
the instructor "tow plane 10 o'clock low!" and he quickly took over
the controls, circled avoiding the tow plane and landed us safely.
Exciting moment for me to say the least. *Instructor and tow pilot had
a little chat off to the side afterwards.

Everything else went great, had a lot of fun. *Looking forward to next
weekend.

Good job - That's the kind of situational awareness that will keep you
alive! A subtle learning point is that you didn't assume the
instructor saw the problem developing. Aways good in a two-place to
call out all traffic or "developing situations" - surprizing how often
the other guy is unaware of what is going on, and vice versa!

Kirk
LS6 66