Recent content by brianrtw

Thanks a lot guys for all your help! When I did my solo cross country I did perform 3 right turns when departing Runway 26 for the south. Climbing at Vy I was pretty well above pattern altitude when crossing the runway centerline, so I shouldn't have been in anyone's way. With that said, I...

The airplane flying handbook and all other references say to exit the traffic pattern after takeoff fly straight out or 45 degrees. What if you can't do that? For example, say you're departing Southbound from runway 26 at REI (see below). I've been told you can make 3 right turns and...

You'll be fine. Tons of pilots trained over the years and this is all part-and-parcel of training. The CFI isn't going to have you do something that's dangerous. Funny, sometimes during my training I'd have "spooky" days where I would just not feel right in the cockpit... I'd be scared...

Don't sweat it! I am training just like you and have about 18 hours. At 5 hours I definitely had stall anxiety - I still have it a bit but it's definitely less and it's manageable. At 5 hours you're still just learning the feel of the airplane. I think I was just focused just on not...