After preflighting the plane my instructor told me how crazy the winds had been earlier. They were calm and he said we would just go do some touch-and-goes. We did 2 and on the third we went back to the runup area. He hopped out and said "do three full stop landings, and try to bring it back in one piece like we're used to."
I had 7.9 hours, under my goal of 10 by 2.1. I taxied to the hold short line and checked for traffic on base or final. I looked over at my instructor and he gave me the thumbs up. The plane seemed to rocket skyward. 1000+ fpm! I was at traffic pattern altitude by the middle of my crosswind. Without my instructor I was always a little high.
On my first landing he said "eh, I'll give it a 7.5" By my second pattern, more planes were joining in since the winds had died down to a solid 7 knots. On my third landing I noticed two planes waiting for me to finish my last landing. They were two instructors from the flight school and I received a "Nice!" from both of them. My instructor was pleased with my performance and said that I should be able to do my check ride at the minimum hours at the rate I was learning.
Next is maybe another solo, or over to a Class D airport for some radio work with ATC.
Hours - 8.6 TO + Landings - 38
