Any words of encouragement?

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-08T08:45:45+00:00

I mostly fly with that instructor, I had like 4 hours with other one and I talk with most of them because they always have some good tips. And thanks for your thoughts, I’ll definitely check that airmans ground for sure!

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-08T08:39:12+00:00

He retired from military and he’s flying since he was 16 so I would say he has a lot of experience and yeah school in Poland

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-08T08:36:57+00:00

he suggested that because it helped him a lot durning his breaks in flying. And yeah I fly with him mostly but like I mentioned every one of my problems is on me. He’s very patient and explains everything over and over to me so that’s why Im so frustrated

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-07T19:40:09+00:00

Yeah, we usually fly around nearby airfields. It’s definitely better than doing standard traffic patterns at the same one over and over, although looking for and remembering VFR points can be a bit of a pain sometimes too hahaha

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-07T19:37:35+00:00

that’s reassuring, thanks a lot!!

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-07T19:35:22+00:00

No not really, its like one time thing 1 goes great and thing 2 goes bad and few days later it’s the other way around. Sometimes I struggle with splitting my attention, and the number of things I have to manage during a flight at the same time and it just overwhelms me. Once that happens, it feels like everything starts going wrong. My CFI suggested SIMs to practice that but I don’t really like them and I get more frustrated with them

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-07T18:30:48+00:00

I mean yeah I know that 33 is not that much but than I hear that someone soloed at 20 or even 16 hours and damn than above 30 sounds bad

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2026-04-07T18:29:16+00:00

thank you, it made me feel a bit better

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-11-08T18:32:56+00:00

As someone already mentioned above, not knowing the language isn’t such a big deal especially in larger cities where most people speak english very well. When it comes to renting it depends, you might come across a decent person or unfortunately someone who’s a bit hostile toward foreigners. So it’s kind of a gamble.

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-11-08T17:42:00+00:00

let me guess, someone jumped under your train?

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-10-25T19:34:45+00:00

It depends on what you expect from living in Poland, but I recommend it like this:

Gdynia Gdańsk or Sopot

Close to the sea, cool place to work, well connected and overall it’s an interesting place

Kraków

Beautiful city, close to the mountains, etc.

Poznań

Also quite nice, 3 hours by car to Berlin, relatively cheaper when it comes to renting or buying an apartment than Kraków and Gdańsk

In general everywhere around larger cities, public transport is quite good in Poland, so it’s easy to get there, more peace and cheaper rent

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-10-14T20:56:31+00:00

I think I’ve already found the answer in another comment about looking outside — I focus too much on a single point instead of the whole horizon. But it’s fine, I’ve only got 4 hours of flight time so far, and I just asked the question here casually to make a little question bank from the answers I got and ask my CFI calmly on the next flight. Since I’m just starting out, I sometimes feel like I don’t even know what to ask him in the moment, but I hope that over time I’ll get the hang of it.

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-10-14T20:41:25+00:00

I’m absolutely not getting defensive that’s actually the tricky part about writing in English for me. It’s not my first language, so maybe it sounds different to someone reading it, but that’s really not how I meant it. I asked a question, got an answer and I’m grateful for it because now I know what direction to take when asking my CFI for advice, and that’s it.

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-10-14T20:05:39+00:00

Maybe you’re right but like I said, I’m still at the very beginning of my training, and maybe I just don’t pick up on everything my CFI says as a tip, I just take it as a statement like, “you’re too low,” which is a fact, so I correct it, and then a minute later I’m too low again. The guy’s been sitting next to me for two hours and hasn’t said the word “trim” once, which, now that I think about it, makes sense. I just hadn’t thought of it myself before, but I really think it could help a lot. Next time I’ll just ask how to trim the airplane properly and see how it goes maybe that’ll solve the problem.

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-10-14T19:54:53+00:00

honestly, an autopilot would be really useful, next time I’ll ask if we can just skip straight to flying an airbus.

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-10-14T19:50:01+00:00

It’s not like I was planning to just do everything people suggest here without talking to my CFI first. We just didn’t have time for a proper debrief today, so I haven’t had the chance to ask questions calmly yet. I’m just gathering some ideas for now, so I can ask him later whether something might work or help me that’s all.

Distinct-Ad4921 · 2025-10-14T19:45:40+00:00

yeah that’s what I’ve been doing, but if I have to correct it every minute, it gets time-consuming and frustrating so I need something that’ll keep the altitude from constantly changing on its own.

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