Yes I am very inexperienced in aviation. That is a given. To my credit though, I have been involved in motorsports for 25 years as a racer and an owner. I know what an ill handling motorcycle feels like. I know when the dampening is slow or the rebound is too much for the conditions. I know when the car is pushing or in a neutral state. There is almost nothing sweeter than a bike responding exactly to your inputs like it is reading your mind. That 172 ain't reading my mind. You have to TELL it go there, now there, and BACK....I SAID BACK...

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I am grateful that I am even in the air. That full flap descent to landing today was eye opening (is he ever going to pull the nose up?????)
Sincerely
McStealth
ps
I guess Mr Miller made it home okay. He had a heck of a tail wind.