Anxiety when flying solo
Asked by: David R 2454 views General Aviation, Private Pilot, Student Pilot
I am a 200 hour private pilot that has flown about 70 hours in last 6 months including earning my MEL rating. Prior to the 6 months I didn’t fly for 10 years since getting my initial private rating. Once I got my private I only flew once or twice by myself and in the last 6 months I only flew about 3 hours solo with one cross country and one pattern work day.
When I fly with my instructor I’m solid as a rock no matter what. We’ve done initial IFR training, 150 mile cross countries, and been in lots of bumpy air. Yet whenever I go up solo it’s a different experience where I’m just uncomfortable. It can be so bad that it causes me to have pretty terrible landings.
Curious if this group has any sage advice or suggestions to break through this? Maybe it’s just keep on going up until I feel confident but I am worried I’m going to have a bad landing or incident because my nerves aren’t steady
thoughts?
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