Flying at 2000ft, a few hundred feet below fluffy, dark grey clouds, my flight instructor asked me to perform a medium level turn to the left. A medium level turn is a turn of up to 30° angle of bank, at a constant altitude.
At first, my instructor talked me through the basic manoeuvre. It was clear I understood the theory but my body seemed to be lagging. I was all over the place. The more that he corrected me, the less thinking i was able to do. However, just a few minutes later, he asked me to do something that made a huge difference.
You Is All You Get
Have you ever thought about the fact that whatever you’re going to achieve in life, your body, mind and being – which you possess right now – are the tools with which you must achieve it?
As such, it seems that one of the most important things you can do is learn to maximise these tools – to study yourself as much as possible and to place yourself in conditions that are most conducive to your success.
What do you like? What do you hate? What works for you? What doesn’t work for you? Why?
I’ve been convinced for years and nothing so far has happened to shake me from the idea that I should be my number 1 student. The more you learn how you function and put yourself in places that maximise you, the better the results you will get.
A Shift In Responsibility
The thing that made the difference was that my instructor asked me to talk through the manoeuvre. He sat back and listened, as he observed.
Somehow, talking through the manoeuvre allowed an increase in my mind-body connection. My turns weren’t perfect, but they were waaay better. Where I made errors, I self-corrected relatively efficiently.
Thankfully my instructor was humble and aware enough to notice. He suggested that perhaps he should shut up and let me talk through the manoeuvres (more often). After watching the footage and thinking about it, I fully agree!
More Of That Please
As long as it is safe to do so, that seems to be what works for me. I now have the choice of ignoring that or taking advantage of that. Considering that cost of flight training, I think I’ll go for the latter. I’ve got to have a chat with my instructor and make it happen.
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