March 10th and 11th, Training
Saturday was another sunny training day. We towed Southeast into 6-10 mph wind. Sri, Matt H., and a potential new student named Will (I think) were there with me. Our tows got us up to 750-800 where I was able to find gentle lift and extend my flights for a few minutes more than a sled ride. On these flights I was making quick 360s in the weak lift and drifting most of the way across the field only to gain 100 feet or so. It was good exercises on finding and staying in lift. In total I had 6 tows. My landings for today were generally not good. I had 2 enjoyable landings but otherwise I was flaring late or weekly which caused the glider to continue flying out in front of me when I put my feet down. I even whacked once when the wind added to my imbalance and tipped the glider off my shoulders. My approaches also weren't that good. I didn't do a good enough job planning out my height and approach direction in order to land at my target. I tended to overshoot quite a bit today. ...