Luckily I only had to wait overnight for my next lesson as I was booked to go up on Sunday. Weather was good again, with >10k visibility. We did the walk around, checking all parts of the aircraft in and out, refuelled again - if nothing else after this I will be able to get a job refuelling planes - then I taxied over to runway 04, basically heading the opposite way from yesterday as the wind was coming from the NE.
Waited at the hold for a couple of planes to land then the instructor took us up again and did the initial climb and turn then handed over to me as she spoke with Southend radar to make sure we didn't meet any of Stelios' friends up there.
Lesson 2 was all about straight and level, how to get there, stay there and return there should something - wind, turbulence, passenger knocking the controls - take you off course. Also learnt about maintaining level flight at higher speed (when the plane wants to go up and roll left) and at safe slow speed (when the plane wants to go down!) with different stages of flaps.
Back to the airfield, again flying the whole circuit myself up until about 500ft, lining us up nicely and letting the instructor take the glory for the landing!
Got to wait a whole week for the next lesson...
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