An Update...

OK, since my last posting, I have flown 3 more times. I am up to 13.8 hours with 38 landings. With that being said, I am not the happiest aviator right now. I understand that you shouldn't get wrapped up with "time until you solo" but I am getting just a little perturbed with myself. In the last 3 flights, I have had pretty much the same scenario...take off, go do some stalls, ground reference stuff and then back to beat up the pattern. So, with 3.1 hours in the last few flights, I feel like I am regressing. Most of the maneuvers are "OK" with the exception of the power-on stall. I am trying to put the airplane in a spin, which in a Decathlon would be pretty fun, but not as much in a C-172. My landings are also sucking ass...for whatever reason, I am coming in crabbed. I feel like I am going down the centerline, but apparently not. I was really hoping to have soloed before going on vacation, but that is not going to happen. As it stands, I am flying on Saturday (the day I leave for vacation) and then will be gone for a couple of weeks. If all goes well (not holding my breath at this point) I will have a last "practice flight" on Saturday, then when I get back perhaps have a stage check. I am not sure if I will get the stage check right after I get back, since it will have been a couple of weeks since I last flew, but I guess we'll see. For all I know, I will need 100 more landings to get them down without crabbing it in. Oh yeah, maybe I will stop trying to spin the airplane too. We all have our bad days, right? Well, how about 3 in a row?!? Grrrrrr.....not very happy right now. OK, I am off to watch some of the Sporty's videos.