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your head; the quicker you notice it, the quicker you can cut it
out. It's best to assess what happened ( just once) and move on
to do something about it. If you're a good pilot and bounced a
single landing-fuhgeddaboudit! We've all dropped it on many
times-but be mindful if it becomes a habit. If you've been
bouncing landings for the past few flights, do something about
it. Go see your instructor.
If it was just a stupid mistake, such as cutting through
the edge of a Class B airspace, take your punishment, learn
your lesson, and then fuhgeddaboudit. Don't forget the lesson-which is to watch that airspace carefully-but leave the
embarrassment you felt in the hangar. And, don't be so critical
that you forget to have fun.
SADDLE UP

Actually, thinking that you'll just fuhgeddaboudit seldom
works, but "getting back up on that horse" does. The best way
to fuhgeddaboudit is by distracting your mind with something
else. Get in the air as soon as possible and work on whatever
aspect of your flying is bothering you, and make use of an
instructor if necessary.
Plan a flight to some new place, make landings at unfamiliar
airports, and replace the memory of a bad landing, or even an
accident, with new, better, memories. If possible, plan and fly
a long vacation flight, perhaps to somewhere in the Midwest.
Oshkosh?

Embarrassed
to speak up
Too many pilots are concerned about
their (virtual) appearance, even though
they can't be seen, on the radio. The sole
cause of "mic fright" is that pilots don't
want to sound stupid. Guess what? No one
cares. We've all stumbled over our words
now and then, and a poor transmission is
forgotten the moment it's done. Mic fright
is so prevalent that some pilots refuse to
use a radio at all, despite the significant
safety enhancements it offers. A fumbling
radio transmission is safer than none at
all, and good radio skills are like all other
flying skills-you'll only master them with
practice. Just think about what you need
to say before you start speaking, and even
rehearse it before pressing the push-totalk button. Soon you'll be the star of the
airwaves. -DKJ

DO YOU CARE TOO MUCH?

The flip side of worrying about what others think, is what do
you think of yourself. Many people, even if they are highly
successful, never feel satisfied. I remember one pilot saying, "I
flared six inches too high on that landing."
Really? You don't think that you're being a bit too hard on
yourself?
Being overly self-critical, having too much drive for perfection, may cause a pilot to pull an overflown base-to-final turn
into a deadly spin because he just can't accept that he "blew it."
He has to be perfect and land on the first approach every time.
Of course, it's important to aim high (metaphorically) and
strive for perfection in all aspects of our flying, but if remembering when we fell short (metaphorically) adds more stress to
what is already a stressful situation (flying an airplane), then
it's not helpful. We learn from our mistakes; don't obsess over
them.
THE BIG PICTURE

Overwhelming self-criticism may fixate your attention on
unimportant details rather than the big picture. One example
in flying may be focusing on the unimportant detail of making a
landing. I know you're thinking, how's landing an unimportant
detail? It's kind of essential. Well, no. Making that particular
landing is unimportant, certainly not important enough to risk
a spin or bent landing gear. The big picture is getting yourself,
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