Check Density Altitude

also: i don't want to spin an airplane ever again

the other day i was doing steep turns from the right seat and they were absolutely, horribly ugly. two flights worth of ugly turns and i couldn’t figure out why as i’d just done some pretty great looking ones for my multi-commercial ride a month ago. i was feeling pretty shitty about it and i couldn’t understand what was going wrong. and then, it hit me.. i was forgetting to add back-trim like i was taught and i potentially just saved my very upcoming MEI ride. 

commercial single is outta the way and now CFI is kicking my ass (in case you’re wondering)

i passed my commercial multi engine checkride a week ago and this week i knocked out the last two written exams i ever have to do in the foreseeable future and gearing up to begin the CFI course next week. but before that it appears that i’m gonna do commercial single before i start CFI..