Yeah, I know, but my point is simply that training should occur in the
conditions one would normally fly in. My first training flights were
in bumpy conditions and it sure made for effective learning!My first solo flights were in mild winter conditions which were almost
always smooth. But I did my first solo cross-country in the Spring and
at about 3,500 feet hit some of the worst up/downdrafts I have ever
encountered to date. It was like a roller coaster ride and without my
instructor sitting to my right I was somewhat worried (to say the
least) and almost turned back.

Anyway, my flight plan called for higher altitude which once reached
was nowhere near as rough and so I continued and had a very memorable
flight.

In time, one will train in a variety of reasonable conditions and
hopefully things like those power-on / power-off stalls and other
technics one trains for gives one the confidence needed when one hits
those first bumps in the road when one is newly on their own.

-- Rik


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Rik Brown
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