Ticket puncher
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- Apr 12, 2008
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Wally
About 25 years ago I stopped flying....cold, for a variety of reasons. At the time I had a CFI, CFII, MEI and an ATP with close to 2500 hours, many of those as an instructor. I'm retired now and have started flying again and can't believe how much I missed it. The upshot of this is that I'm looking for some insights and maybe a little advice from those who have gone through the process of "getting up to speed again" or assisting someone who has.
I've put in about 10 hours in the last 90 days and did about 1.5 hours of hood work today (first time I've done that in 2 1/2 decades). I was surprised and so was the instructor (I say this with no sense of humility) how little I had forgotten about the basics and the precision. But completely botched a simple VOR orientation problem! It's odd both from a knowledge and practical standpoint what I remember and what I don't. You would think that one would probably retain the fundamentals and wouldn't retain those things requiring precision. But, not so! I could probably shoot a decent approach but my once graceful and light as a feather landings (at least that's how I remember them) are not all that graceful or consistent.
Just looking for some insights/advice and shared experiences to benchmark against, if that makes sense.
I've put in about 10 hours in the last 90 days and did about 1.5 hours of hood work today (first time I've done that in 2 1/2 decades). I was surprised and so was the instructor (I say this with no sense of humility) how little I had forgotten about the basics and the precision. But completely botched a simple VOR orientation problem! It's odd both from a knowledge and practical standpoint what I remember and what I don't. You would think that one would probably retain the fundamentals and wouldn't retain those things requiring precision. But, not so! I could probably shoot a decent approach but my once graceful and light as a feather landings (at least that's how I remember them) are not all that graceful or consistent.
Just looking for some insights/advice and shared experiences to benchmark against, if that makes sense.