Flight 14, N14008, 1.1 hours (21.4 total). landings

Hadn't been able to fly during the week for various reasons: Tuesday's schedule got cancelled because of low ceilings, had to get up super early on Wednesday, runway closed between 10-2 on Thursday and Mark was booked in the afternoon. runway was closed between 10-2 on Friday, too, so the only time I could fly this week was Friday afternoon and I just had to take what I could have.

Today's plan was simple: practice landing in preparation for my first solo, so we just stayed in the pattern the entire time and did 8 landings. I wouldn't say this was my best day doing landings. For one thing we weren't able to fly a consistent pattern. PAO being as busy as always, each pattern got modified a little. We got extended downwind several times, and was usually No. 3 or 4 to land on our downwind. As I often do I had problem judging height and distance with a longer final and came in higher a couple times. But regardless, I made the landing each time. They were not my best landings, some bounced a little, some slipped a little, but if you agree with the saying "every landing that you can walk away from is a good landing" then they were all good landings :) Doing landings is tiring, though. After 8 landings I'd shown some sign of fatigue and the wind was picking up so we wrapped it up.

Overall no landings I did today was super good. Some were not perfectly lined up with the runway, flaring timing was too early or late in some. But also no landings was particularly bad, either, which is probably more important for soloing :)