What is a smooth landing you might be wondering? One that is perfectly in the middle of on the runway’s centerline, approaching final with a speed of 65 (or whatever your plane’s speed should be), bleeding out the energy on the runway until the plane gently touches down back wheels first with the nose falling into place like a graceful ballerina if she were 2300 pounds and made of metal.
Read MoreKeep telling yourself that you are made for this, tell yourself you deserve this, tell yourself anything you need to hear to keep going and push through the difficult days. There will be difficult days, but they will be rewarded with that “click” of an epiphany when you physically understand why your altitude keeps dropping, when you intellectually understand that the plane always wants to stay in the air and you don’t need to worry so much about crashing, even when the engine stops working.
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