The first and most important tip is to RESPECT the weather. It has more
power than you can imagine. Understand what are the right conditions for
you at your level and always stay within that window.
Do not overestimate your abilities, be honest with yourself. As the wise
saying goes, ‘it is much cooler to be on the ground wishing you were up
there, than in the air wishing you were on the ground’. Take it easy, you can
fly well into old age so you have got plenty of time to gain experience. If it
does not look good to you then pack up and go home, there is always
tomorrow.
There is no substitute for practice, it is the only thing that will help you to
improve. Most pilots only like to practise the flying, which is the relatively
easy part.
There is however a problem with that: it will only help you in the air and
probably the most dangerous part of flying is the take-off. It certainly
requires a lot of skill to be confident every time and this is where ground
handling comes in. It is a form of flying, like flying a kite and the skill
required to be good at it is enormous. The reward for practising ground
handling is that you learn how to feel the wing and this helps on the ground
and in the air. Find an open space and a clear airflow and practise inflating
the wing with both forward and reverse launch techniques.
Don't stop there, do it again and again day after day until you are confident
you are fully in control. Even when you are confident it is always worth
practising this skill. This skill will help remove some of that apprehension at
take-off and make you a safer and better pilot.
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