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Today I made my first 9 take-offs and landings as a student Sport Pilot. The good- it's so cold here in north central Ohio that there weren't many witnesses. The bad- some of the landings, but at least the ELT in the Flight Design CT that I'm learning in didn't go off . The ugly - some of those landings were pitiful and I was wandering all over the sky trying to stay in the pattern.
It was loads of fun and my instructor was very patient and encouraging. He said I'm doing good and making improvements every time we go flying. I hope he knows what he's talking about because it felt to me like I couldn't do anything right .
Keep at it Mike. I remember my first ones. They will get better with time. I've logged over 250 in the CTSW and I'm just starting to feel reasonably comfortable.
I'm taking lessons from Leading Edge Flight Training at Bucyrus, Ohio (17G, leadingedgeflighttraining.com). We've done all the basics so far- ascents, descents, slow flight, turns around a point, s-turns, pattern work and such. I don't have experience with private pilot training so I don't know how they compare, but sport pilot training seems to be pretty intensive and accelerated. Not to say that the instructors are pushing so hard that I can't keep up.
The biggest problem is going to be maintaining a timely training schedule what with the onset of winter weather. I'm scheduled for my next lesson on Saturday but the forecast doesn't look good for flying- snow turning to rain. I had my first lesson on November 10 and so far I have 6.9 hours.
. The ugly - some of those landings were pitiful and I was wandering all over the sky trying to stay in the pattern. 
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