Recent content by Rajiv Sharma

I FINALLY PASSED CHECK RIDE TODAY ! I want to say a big THANKS to everyone who encouraged me and provided valuable suggestions. I had my check ride today and passed with flying colors (he he). It took me a month to get my check ride done after getting the sign off from my CFI due to weather...

This helped me with improving my steep turns

Yes, I agree. There got to be a point when CFI or Student needs to decide if student has set of basic skills to be a safe pilot. Though its rare, but its still possible. I was on the verge of quitting flying as I thought may be I lack basic skill to be a safe pilot. I would have soloed earlier...

It was bunch of things..... 1. Just focused on landings and no other maneuvers 2. Full stop taxi, taxi back, discuss last landing 3. Made a table with key components (Final Approach, Flair height, Landing on main wheels, landing on center line, side drift) of landings and mark each landing 4...

Fellow Aviators, I live in Raleigh, NC area and have been very fortunate to be part of a great flying club called Wings of Carolina. They have a well maintained fleet and good mix of different airplanes. I would be moving to Austin, TX soon and I am wondering if you can help me find a good...

Update: I finally got my solo endorsement done yesterday. It only took 67 hours :rolleyes: Thanks everyone for all the support and encouragement.

Hello Everyone Thanks for the encouragement, I decided to give it another shot. You guys are very helpful. I am very grateful for all the help I got in this forum. Here is the plan I came up with after listening to several experienced pilots and CFIs. 1. Use gopro camera to record my flying...

Hello Everyone I have been training for almost 9 months now. I have 55+ flight hours and over 130 landings. All of it in Cessna 152. But still I am unable to Solo. I have had trouble landings including pilot induced oscillations, hard landing, trouble landing in cross wind, not landing on...