The weather cooperated for this flight and it was touch-and-go around the pattern. The winds were 180 degrees 14kts gusting to 18 but they stayed stable after a landing or two. I was focused on getting it right and flaring well, since I needed practice. We took off from runway 18 and the frst time around was great, but it sucked after the second attempt but I redemmed myself after that. Out of the 9 landings, I screwed up on at least 3 but I improved after applying what my CFI said to me before....

This was a beautiful day and flying was in store. It began with winds from 220 @ 11 gusting to 22kts. That did not stop me from taking off and getting used to the crosswind again at runway 27. The flight was good, I had fun when he demonstrated how if you trim the plane right it can fly itself since I was a little nervous when it came to controlling the plane. I got a better understanding afterwards. I did some slow flight, climbs, and descents. It was a great flight with good weather with strong...

This one was supposed to be touch and go's at Gary but there was a break in the weather so we did some slow flight. I did ok and had a little trouble when it started to rain, but I still made it. I got my first chance to fly in the rain when some rain clouds were near us and we had to fly around them. It was shortlived when the rain started to get close to the airport and we had to fly back and there was another pilot in the pattern and my instructor had to do the landing because of another aircraft...

Since the visibility was terrible and fog was present in the morning, I had to wait till later to go out. The afternoon did not help out and it was decided by me to do ground school. The ceiling was 2100ft and that was not good for what we were going to do today. We went over airspace and understanding the sectional chart as well as aerodynamics, and FAR's. I also bought the new 2010 FAR/AIM for me to study. That was about it. I hope to get in the air again and get some more flight time to...

The weather called for overcast at 2,000feet, 7SM, and calm winds so it was ok for traffic patterns. It turned out ok and I did better than before. I still have to get some more practice levelling off without looking at the instruments which seems to be my writers block. I actually had several times where I forgot which way the trim supposed to go in a Cessna 172 when it came to leveling off the plane during a descent to keep a specific airspeed.(The piper has one over the seats on the ceiling and...